NnamdiN:
lol are you igbo?
I'm from anambra, I've got the "r and l" ish even though it doesn't happen all the time.
Ara is central igbo and it means madness
However it's just anambrarians and some parts of imo and Enugu that call it "ala". The rest call it "ara". My point is, it's not a general thing. Let's not derail the thread sha

oga ..am a linguist...I collect dat from a lot of individuals....so if a good number of igbo indigenes concur...its done..of course nt everyone will say it like dat...if 60 percent say it...no. Ish..we aint derailing d thread ,we are adding knowledge to it

babyfaceafrica:
oga ..am a linguist...I collect dat from a lot of individuals....so if a good number of igbo indigenes concur...its done..of course nt everyone will say it like dat...if 60 percent say it...no. Ish..we aint derailing d thread ,we are adding knowledge to it

lol I completely disagree with you.

NnamdiN:
lol I completely disagree with you.

it is allowed

babyfaceafrica:
that is a lie...R is an allophone of L ....ala and ara are both madness in igbo Language

That's in Igbo nah.
But the issue of r and l is just mistakes limited to a group of Igbos , not even generalized

InyinyaAgbaOku:

That's in Igbo nah.
But the issue of r and l is just mistakes limited to a group of Igbos , not even generalized

yes in igbo...u mean r and l are mistakes?...or dialectical to some regions

babyfaceafrica:
yes in igbo...u mean r and l are mistakes?...or dialectical to some regions

Dialectical in Igbo.
Mistake in English. These things happen in other languages in Nigeria , even of its not r and l.
Some call education, educason. Things like that

[quote author=InyinyaAgbaOku post=44404983]
Dialectical in Igbo.
Mistake in English. These things happen in other languages in Nigeria , even of its not r and l.
Some call education, educason. Things like that[quote]then we are on the same page....yoruba have deres too albeit dialectical to...s and sh ,hausas own is accentual...fiful for people....nice one

[quote author=babyfaceafrica post=44405102][/quote]
Nothing like dialectical in English.
They are all mistakes.
Yorubas make worse mistakes. In essence, everybody does

InyinyaAgbaOku:

Nothing like dialectical in English.
They are all mistakes.
Yorubas make worse mistakes. In essence, everybody does

you mean english do not have. Dialects?

babyfaceafrica:
you mean english do not have. Dialects?

Not in Nigeria.
No justification for calling education educason.
Price, police.
Fifty , pipty.
It's a borrowed language not yours.

Educason for education is more of mother tongue interference than dialect.

InyinyaAgbaOku:

Not in Nigeria.
No justification for calling education educason.
Price, police.
Fifty , pipty.
It's a borrowed language not yours.

Educason for education is more of mother tongue interference than dialect.

lolz......even the English borrowed 90 percent of their words from europe...they call felicitacion...felitations.....but I understand where you coming from!!

babyfaceafrica:
lolz......even the English borrowed 90 percent of their words from europe...they call felicitacion...felitations.....but I understand where you coming from!!

Good you understand. If we don't understand, we won't improve

InyinyaAgbaOku:

That's in Igbo nah.
But the issue of r and l is just mistakes limited to a group of Igbos , not even generalized

same point I tried to pass