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Re: Igbo Writing by Nobody: 3:33pm On May 18, 2015 |
Wowowow!! Does this imply that my own Igbo language that I scored As in both junior and senior WAEC is now in chinese? Please @Op, how do I benefit? I must prove this my As |
Re: Igbo Writing by Nobody: 3:38pm On May 18, 2015 |
Its time for Our cultural revival. Some of the colonial Antics we adopted with the arrival of the white man destroyed our rich culture. My Children must learn Igbo and Nsibidi writing. 7 Likes |
Re: Igbo Writing by Nobody: 3:39pm On May 18, 2015 |
[img]http://africa.si.edu/exhibits/inscribing/images/30-Ukara-clothLG.jpg[/img] "Westernisation is not modernisation Liberalisation is not westernisation" Nsibidi has been here for ages. The important thing is reviving it. 7 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Igbo Writing by Teespice(f): 3:41pm On May 18, 2015 |
is this igbo symbols or chinese? |
Re: Igbo Writing by Nobody: 3:44pm On May 18, 2015 |
Teespice: The same computer or phone you used to type this question can also be used to answer your question. |
Re: Igbo Writing by ChukwuCantDie: 3:49pm On May 18, 2015 |
Teespice:You dont know how to read? It is an ancient Igbo writing system called Nsibidi from many hundreds of years ago. Some of you people are idiots. Nsibidi and Akagu should be made a part of the school curriculum in Igboland, there is no excuse not to. 4 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Igbo Writing by Nobody: 3:58pm On May 18, 2015 |
![]() Mbe in Akagu |
Re: Igbo Writing by mmsen: 4:02pm On May 18, 2015 |
That's a good looking script. |
Re: Igbo Writing by nickyvil: 4:02pm On May 18, 2015 |
Rushed in.... Rushed out .... ![]() |
Re: Igbo Writing by ewizard1: 4:04pm On May 18, 2015 |
ChukwuCantDie: And you think calling her id!ot would make her learn the writing faster? #smh ![]() |
Re: Igbo Writing by Nobody: 4:12pm On May 18, 2015 |
[size=13pt]Naìjíríyà[/size] ChinenyeN do you want togive this a try in Akagu? |
Re: Igbo Writing by Teespice(f): 4:17pm On May 18, 2015 |
ChukwuCantDie: don't call me an idiot. I am igbo and I haven't come across such symbols before. I asked a genuine question and dolts like you can't even give a simple answer then I don't know what else to do. if you can't answer the least you can do is to ignore rather than display a high level of idiocy. 1 Like |
Re: Igbo Writing by Teespice(f): 4:19pm On May 18, 2015 |
ewizard1:don't mind the fool some of us are so good in criticising rather than helping when asked. |
Re: Igbo Writing by Teespice(f): 4:21pm On May 18, 2015 |
NAIJASOM: spinless id!ot if you can't see beyond the fact that I asked a question based on the fact that I don't know and need clarification, then swerve the hell off my post. tufiaaa ihe ojooo di ka gi. |
Re: Igbo Writing by Nobody: 4:40pm On May 18, 2015 |
Teespice: My sincere apologies. Nne biko gbahalu. I mistook you for one of those people lurking around these types of topics to attack Igbos. 1 Like |
Re: Igbo Writing by odensibiri: 4:46pm On May 18, 2015 |
AfricanGod2: The prefix should be obvious from the akagu, you may wonder what happens when there are multiple akagu in a sequence and how a reader would able to tell the difference between the words, well, first of all that's why I've eliminated the need for double letters to symbolise long vowels or sounds (like in onwu, the current Latin orthography for Igbo, 'nn' and 'mm' are for long sounds, but in akagu there are separate symbols for that as well as the long vowel diacritics, the two bars at the top of some vowels). The affixes modify a verb root, so because every writing system will have to require a little bit of prior knowledge and experience, the reader can identify this because it will look like a strange verb in the middle of a sentence, of course this is if they are ever confused, which I don't think they will with experience. Haha, yes all the affixes are in akagu. I initially tried to make some affixes from nsibiri (like I formed new characters from old ones) in order to keep the system as 'original' as possible, but it came to a point where I was making new affixes every time I wrote something. If you think of any consonant-vowel syllable it probably exists in Igbo and in 3 different tones or more! So that was scraped because it was both exhausting to learn, and exhausting to make. Yes, roughly. In Igbo two combined verbs sometimes take on slightly different meanings of course because it's a new word, the ká (greater than) is usually added after a verb to denote excess, so Chiemeka is 'God has done so much [good]'. Some might argue that the ká is actually the other ká meaning 'a continuation', so 'God continue to do [good] for us], but we can deal with all that later. On that note, I should also point out that I've expanded some verbs in a way since some had different contextual meanings, so the differentiation of ká (greater than) and ká (continuation, perseverance) could just be my doing. |
Re: Igbo Writing by odensibiri: 4:48pm On May 18, 2015 |
AgricSalt: LOL. 1 Like |
Re: Igbo Writing by Richiez(m): 4:48pm On May 18, 2015 |
Extremely interesting |
Re: Igbo Writing by odensibiri: 4:51pm On May 18, 2015 |
Teespice: They are nsibidi symbols that were invented probably by the Ekoi people in the Cross River Cameroon border before 1500s, e.g. before Europeans, and then it spread out to other communities in the area including Igbo. It's not Chinese, but the fact that you thought it looks like Chinese is not completely in error since both of the writing systems were initially drawn pictures which were then given names and then people started to adopt the pictures as words and the rest is literally (or literary ![]() See this image: http://i1.w.hjfile.cn/doc/201202/chinese_scrips21286.gif This is an image of people from Arondizuogu in a burial in 1988 with nsibidi on their bodies and cloth (ukara/okara ekpe). ![]() http://ukpuru.tumblr.com/post/113701341972/procession-of-leopard-society-members-during-the 5 Likes |
Re: Igbo Writing by musicwriter(m): 5:04pm On May 18, 2015 |
Good thread!. This's exactly what Africans need to get doing. To create our own education knowledge base. Does anybody know where I can buy Nigeria indigenous language keyboards?. Igbo, Efik, Yoruba, Hausa, e.tc. Anybody with an idea? |
Re: Igbo Writing by odensibiri: 5:10pm On May 18, 2015 |
By the way, I've figure out a short cut to write nsibiri in the font face, but it's going to take a while to make. 1 Like |
Re: Igbo Writing by PreciousBro: 5:22pm On May 18, 2015 |
Wow!! ![]() I like this. I've always known about the Nsibidi Style and symbols. Akagu seem new to me and even simpler. Nice one Nwanne ![]() 1 Like |
Re: Igbo Writing by PreciousBro: 5:24pm On May 18, 2015 |
ChukwuCantDie: ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Re: Igbo Writing by kingston277(m): 5:39pm On May 18, 2015 |
timpaker:All I see is someone who has never picked up a history book since primary school. 1 Like |
Re: Igbo Writing by kingston277(m): 5:47pm On May 18, 2015 |
bushdoc9919:The southeast isn't the only part of Nigeria or Africa for that matter with its own indigenous writing system. https://www.nairaland.com/189030/african-script |
Re: Igbo Writing by Teespice(f): 5:47pm On May 18, 2015 |
odensibiri: thanks so much. would go through the links you provided. |
Re: Igbo Writing by Teespice(f): 5:49pm On May 18, 2015 |
NAIJASOM: apology accepted. we cool Bro. no hard feelings. |
Re: Igbo Writing by teufelein(f): 5:53pm On May 18, 2015 |
ChukwuCantDie: once we restore Biafra in igbo area of Biafra nsibidi is a compulsory subject in all schools. it's one of the plans and is alright in the biafran blueprint; |
Re: Igbo Writing by Nobody: 6:23pm On May 18, 2015 |
timilehing: Stunner1: Maybe it's so difficult because it doesn't fit the language? 1 Like |
Re: Igbo Writing by revlution: 7:32pm On May 18, 2015 |
Thanks for the information , we need more of this in nairaland. Noted. |
Re: Igbo Writing by aphildam(m): 7:59pm On May 18, 2015 |
oh chinese seems good |
Re: Igbo Writing by MightySparrow: 8:14pm On May 18, 2015 |
![]() odensibiri: This people write like Chinese or Korean or....... why are they claiming to be Jews? ![]() odensibiri: This people write like Chinese or Korean or....... why are they claiming to be Jews? |
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