Wickedlywicked:

No, what she does is not normal and deserves to be appreciated. Ibos speaking Yoruba and Hausa languages is very understandable because most ibos aren’t living in their native lands because they mostly move to more prosperous regions.
The woman is most probably living in the southwest for the most part of her life. Why is the comparison even making sense to you? Na so you dull reach?
It’s comments like yours that make me seriously question the intellectual capacity of folks from the SE.
The thing is: How many ibos living in the SE can speak Yoruba or Hausa language fluently without leaving the East?

She speaks igbo cause she lives in an igbo dominated area in south west, she said she learn how to speak igbo from the many igbo that buys food from her mother everyday , there are no Yoruba dominated area in south east so nobody from south east can speak Yoruba without leaving south east

WaleBuraimoh:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Xh-WlC8kv0

Tbh, I'm shook!

santaclaws:


My dear, unless you stayed in the SW before, there's really a very little likelihood of you being able to speak Yoruba in the SE. I know my people are not plenty there...

your people are not plenty there but they are there, plus the plenty igbos that speak it do come home. Yoruba is very cheap to learn compared to igbo, only one yoruba neighbour is enough for me to grab the language. While you can live in the East and not even understand come in igbo, that's one reason I commend the lady.

ottersberger:


They will answer you when you address them adequately. What is difficult about pronouncing "Igbo", not "Ibo"?. Did you not hear the young lady tell her interviewer that it is "Yoruba", not "Ofenmadu"?. "Muslim", not "Allakobar"?. All of you need to learn a little respect.

Sorry sir, Nwaanyi n'esi isi 🙌

Bulldozer90:
Southeast has the largest number of multilingual nigerians. What the lady does is normal as she is probably living among Igbos in Lagos.

What is the source of your data inferences on that first sentence of yours because I'm NOT aware of any such data in existence on Ibos having the largest multilinguists?

Many Yorubas, Hausas, Edos, and Ebiras are widely travelled people around Nigeria and the world (Diaspora) and are hence MULTILINGUISTS. In Ondo and Ekiti States, it's been a well-known FACT that the Ebiras ( who share direct boundaries with Ondo State via Kogi State) have the SECOND highest population out of any ethnic group for decades now after the indigenous Yoruba folks of both states, and even in Edo and the entire far Northern States, Ebiras are very many just like the Yorubas too are many while engaging in all kinds of multimillion Naira businesses. This has also been made possible due to the FACT that the strong presence of Islam among Yorubas (for over 500 years now since the days of the powerful Oyo Empire) and Ebiras has enabled the two ethnicities to penetrate Hausa areas and intermarry with other Muslims of different ethnic groups and races! The Yorubas who have a population of over 50 million folks with indigenous presence in Nigeria/Benin Republic/Togo and Ghana even have that advantage of becoming multilinguists because they ALSO have non-Muslims in their midst, hence are able to penetrate and get married to especially women of other ethnicities and racial groups worldwide!

santaclaws:


She is amazing because she lives in the south-west and speaks Igbo well. How many Igbos living in the south-east can speak fluent Yoruba?

A bit disingenuous of you don't you think. How many Igbo people in the South East are surrounded by and work under Yoruba people, yet in the South West Yoruba people are surrounded by and work under Igbo people all the time. The other thing? About 95 percent of Igbo people that live in the south west are fluent in Yoruba.

Alusiizizi:


A bit disingenuous of you don't you think. How many Igbo people in the South East are surrounded by and work under Yoruba people, yet in the South West Yoruba people are surrounded by and work under Igbo people all the time. The other thing? About 95 percent of Igbo people that live in the south west are fluent in Yoruba.

See your mouth like "work under Igbo"... Is it the okrika or egusi & ogbono they're selling that makes Yorubas work under them? Keep deceiving yourself. 🤣🤣🤣

"About 95%" statistics from Nnamdi Kanu University of Biafra right? It's 99%, not only 95%.

Nonsense 😂😂😂

Mrfeel:

She speaks igbo cause she lives in an igbo dominated area in south west, she said she learn how to speak igbo from the many igbo that buys food from her mother everyday , there are no Yoruba dominated area in south east so nobody from south east can speak Yoruba without leaving south east

The area in Ibadan that she CLEARLY stated in the interview is NOT an Ibo-dominated area. There are many folks especially from Anambra living in that part of Ibadan but it's NOT Ibo-dominated like you stated right above.

Her interest in learning the language aside from her knowledge of "Eno" (a deeply coded dialect of Yoruba) which she spoke at home and English is due to the fact that Ibos came around where her mother sold food and ALSO her older sister married a dude from Ihiala in Anambra State, and more.

I must commend the young lady for her curiosity for learning and the male interviewer who are both of Yoruba descent for taking a special interest in being NOT just being bilingual but extending their abilities further to becoming multilingual.

I'm also multilingual and it's a great thing to learn multiple languages as it enables you to gain a full command of your environment.

That reminds me, the ace broadcaster and businessman, Bisi Olatilo who was born in the commercial city of Kano back in the 1950s also said in an interview that he learned to speak Ibo language due to his interactions with folks from the Eastern Region in the Sabon Gari area of Kano where he (Olatilo) and his family also lived when he was very young. Sabon Gari is one of the many designated areas of Kano where migrants from other parts of Nigeria who are NOT Hausas lived. Essentially Ibos and Yorubas lived in Sabon Gari with a sprinkling of Edo and Delta ethnicities.

Mrfeel:

She speaks igbo cause she lives in an igbo dominated area in south west, she said she learn how to speak igbo from the many igbo that buys food from her mother everyday , there are no Yoruba dominated area in south east so nobody from south east can speak Yoruba without leaving south east

No dey put mouth for matter wey no concern you. What you quoted was in response to this mumu talk:
“She is "amazing" because she speaks a Nigerian language for her own good. Igbos who speak several languages must be gods then”

See achievement.

Like when Oyinbo dey speak Yoruba.

Yoruba too supreme, I swear

Bulldozer90:
She is "amazing" because she speaks a Nigerian language for her own good. Igbos who speak several languages must be gods then.

Igbos feels like everything is competitions. Read and go. Same people attacking others, and still have that victim mentality.

I'm not even gon lie She did great 🫡

santaclaws:


She is amazing because she lives in the south-west and speaks Igbo well. How many Igbos living in the south-east can speak fluent Yoruba?

thats a good question

Mrfeel:

The interviewer himself speaks igbo fluently and he never stayed in the east so he is igbo too?

Perhaps

Antivirus92:
Igbo language is not the most difficult, yoruba is.

No language is harder than the other, it's just matter of interest.

Loool, u think so.

Spele no be south east nah.Dont be a dullard

dandollaz:

My Dad speaks yoruba fluently but never stayed in Lagos.He learned from a neighbor during his Boi days in sapele before the Biafra war.

I envy her, wish I could speak igbo and hausa

santaclaws:


She is amazing because she lives in the south-west and speaks Igbo well. How many Igbos living in the south-east can speak fluent Yoruba?

Guy carry your tribal hate tricks comot from here before you invite your co tribalist to spit like imbe upandan doing una dry boring tribal fights untop this thread.

Watin una dey gain from all this rubbish tribal gbasgbos wey una dey do sef?

Konquest:

The area in Ibadan that she CLEARLY stated in the interview is NOT an Ibo-dominated area. There are many folks especially from Anambra living in that part of Ibadan but it's NOT Ibo-dominated like you stated right above.

Her interest in learning the language aside from her knowledge of "Eno" (a deeply coded dialect of Yoruba) which she spoke at home and English is due to the fact that Ibos came around where her mother sold food and ALSO her older sister married a dude from Ihiala in Anambra State, and more.

I must commend the young lady for her curiosity for learning and the male interviewer who are both of Yoruba descent for taking a special interest in being NOT just being bilingual but extending their abilities further to becoming multilingual.

I'm also multilingual and it's a great thing to learn multiple languages as it enables you to gain a full command of your environment.

That reminds me, the ace broadcaster and businessman, Bisi Olatilo who was born in the commercial city of Kano back in the 1950s also said in an interview that he learned to speak Ibo language due to his interactions with folks from the Eastern Region in the Sabon Gari area of Kano where he (Olatilo) and his family also lived when he was very young. Sabon Gari is one of the many designated areas of Kano where migrants from other parts of Nigeria who are NOT Hausas lived. Essentially Ibos and Yorubas lived in Sabon Gari with a sprinkling of Edo and Delta ethnicities.

You are right, I speak multiple languages two igbo, Tiv fluently and a near perfect Hausa , my mom is Tiv dad igbo

Tochi360:


Guy carry your tribal hate tricks comot from here before you invite your co tribalist to spit like imbe upandan doing una dry boring tribal fights untop this thread.

Watin una dey gain from all this rubbish tribal gbasgbos wey una dey do sef?

Tribal hate? Maybe you're the tribalistic hater here, not me... cos you don't seem to possess the ability to distinguish between a factual debate and tribal hate...

If u live in Alaba u must learn Igbo language without crossing toll gate

santaclaws:


Tribal hate? Maybe you're the tribalistic hater here, not me... cos you don't seem to possess the ability to distinguish between a factual debate and tribal hate...

What rubbish debate. Doing mumu Yoruba vs Igbo gbasgbos is what you call debate it's no secret that life does not make sense and meaning to your existence without looking for who will help you masturbate away common sense doing rubbish tribal gbasgbos.

At this age and dispensation your soul is plainly rooted in doing senseless tribal hate and banters. What a shame them suppose dey kill una throwaway or use una dey do lab rat for the benefit of Humanity.

Shun senseless tribal banters.

Tochi360:


What rubbish debate. Doing mumu Yoruba vs Igbo gbasgbos is what you call debate it's no secret that life does not make sense and meaning to your existence without looking for who will help you masturbate away common sense doing rubbish tribal gbasgbos.

At this age and dispensation your soul is plainly rooted in doing senseless tribal hate and banters. What a shame them suppose dey kill una throwaway or use una dey do lab rat for the benefit of Humanity.

Shun senseless tribal banters.

You're just ranting up and down...Tribalist!

santaclaws:


You're just ranting up and down...Tribalist!

Shame supposed dey catch you small.

You are so thirsty to invite your co shameless tribalist to spew the hate you live exist for on this thread

e no go better for anybody wey dey do tribal bigotry for this forum. Amen.

Oya say your own Amen.

Belawy:
Spele no be south east nah.Dont be a dullard

Ezi ofia that have never leave ikorodu in his life.i might be your papa or mama age mate.check when I register on this site.Respect your elders,I have traveled in 28 states in Nigeria and did a project in sapele for 2 months and you come to educate me where it's located.Smh

Tochi360:


Shame supposed dey catch you small.

You are so thirsty to invite your co shameless tribalist to spew the hate you live exist for on this thread

e no go better for anybody wey dey do tribal bigotry for this forum. Amen.

Oya say your own Amen.

Your curses, your problems... I don't have time for bad energy.

You may keep talking to yourself, adios...

Lovit:
There are thousands of Ibos that speaks yoruba fluently, so this shouldn't be news.

And did they learn it from inside their own region?

WaleBuraimoh:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Xh-WlC8kv0

Video fine..

But this woman sef..
She no even get good reasons for liking or not-liking things

GODPUNISHALABI:
She must have been knacking too much igbo guys ...

The reason she didn't marry brother-Linus is because she had decided long ago that she doesn't want to marry an Igbo man.
But from the blushing on her face when she was talking about the brother-Linus,, it was an indication that they really had a very deep relationship along the line.

Oloriburuku agbaye, you have traveled 26 states in Nigeria and you still don't know sapele is not SE, your travels are in vain.

dandollaz:

Ezi ofia that have never leave ikorodu in his life.i might be your papa or mama age mate.check when I register on this site.Respect your elders,I have traveled in 28 states in Nigeria and did a project in sapele for 2 months and you come to educate me where it's located.Smh

Belawy:
Oloriburuku agbaye, you have traveled 26 states in Nigeria and you still don't know sapele is not SE, your travels are in vain.

Ewu sapele is in delta state.pls respect your elders

santaclaws:


She is amazing because she lives in the south-west and speaks Igbo well. How many Igbos living in the south-east can speak fluent Yoruba?

Igbos in the east barley speak English, not to talk of other Nigerian languages