Ishilove:
Ukwuani is not exactly igboid. There are elements of Yoruba and Edo contained therein.

Ishilove:

When I have time I will post some of my masters research findings on the Bini connection,but the fact is there was a Bini prince that once ruled the area in the 15th century (according to traditions of origin), but this influence gotlst along the way.

Ishilove:

I don't know where you got that from, but my daddy told me apeere is basket in Ukwuani language. Apeere or 'myiyo'. Myiyo is also 'sieve'. That's a mixture of ukwuani and Yoruba.

I'm from Abbi and we call onions 'alubosa'.

I did a little bit of Ukwuani history in my master's thesis, and I'll upload some of findings when I have the time.

BabaO2:



H-Net Announcement The Union Igbo Bible:A Centenary
Location: Nigeria
Symposium Date: 2013-11-25 (Archive)
Date Submitted: 2013-08-10
Announcement ID: 205796
DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES, GREGORY UNIVERSI TY UTURU NIGERIA in Conjunction with the RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE
Cordially invite you to 3rd International Symposium tagged:

THE UNION IGBO BIBLE: A CENTENARY.
Exactly hundred years ago, the Union Igbo Bible was produced in Egbu Owerri(1913).The translation from English Bible to Igbo lasted between 1906 to 1913.The Archdeacon Dennis led committee used the Igbo dialects of Onitsha, Owerri,Bonny, Arochukwu, and Uwana. Instead of embracing Union Igbo Bible as breakthrough in Igbo language development, an attempt towards Igbo language standardization and collective means of communication of NDI IGBO, it was out rightly rejected. The Union Igbo Bible was described as artificial lingua franca (Esperanto), a language of the prayer book and the Bible. To a large extent, inter denominational rivalry aroused when the Union Igbo Bible was produced. This great disservice to appreciate Archdeacon Dennis ingenuity is unscholarly, subjective and uncalled for. Unfortunately, leading scholars have described the Union Igbo as unreadable and unacceptable. It is against this background that the following sub themes are selected but not restricted to it:
.The Role of Christian Missionaries in Igbo Language Development
. Archdeacon Dennis, Union Igbo, Anglican Communion and Other Denominations
. Esperanto Igbo language and the School Curriculum
.The Rise of Igbo Orthography
.Igbo Izugbe,(Standard Dialect)and the Igbo novelists
.Literary Criticism and the Spoken Igbo
.Igbo Nollywood,.Engli-Igbo Film and the Theatre
.Igbo Language and the fear of Extinction
Historical Perspective of Igbo Language Development
Standardization Controversy: A Review
Igbo Language and The Christian Worship

donshaddow:


Now you see what I mean.

He's not proud of his culture or home town.

He should have simply said igboid speaking part of Delta.

Well, the ball is in your leg. Do to him what please you!

HopeAtHand:


Uche Okwukwu is a persona non grata.

That useless posturing of his is the sole reason he has never won any election he ever contested as pro-Ikwerres will never vote for someone that doesn't know where he is coming from.

Please do not include Ikwerres in Igboid whatever.We are very comfortable as Ikwerres and do not need any unnecessary association.

We should respect the sanctity of the constitution in this,

Ozigbondu:
Idemili igbo is the best sounding

FemiFaniKayode:


learned fellow

stynhaq:


Cursed be you, your generation and all they do.

somegirl1:



How do you mean? He said he was Igbo from Ukwuani group. How is that not being proud of his culture or home town?

donshaddow:


Please do check the message you posted earlier.

You said he didn't disclose his identity as an ukwuani man... That he said he's an igbo.. I can quote it if you want.

If he says he's and igbo from Uknuani.. He's right.. He's an Ukwauni man and our language is 90% igboid.

Pharoh:
This topic will never end when people don't take time to understand each other and respect the wishes of other people.

To my Ukwuani peeps, ukwuani is igboid together with other related family members because of similarities in our languages. Each group is unique and independent of each other but all together in one family that could be called igboid or igbo. It is the choice of every group to go about their unique names or choose to go with the family name. Even if you go with your unique name, the family name will always be with you but in the back corner. This is what ukwuani people have decided to do from time memorial but our choice has clearly not been understood or respected to this day and hence this argument. No ukwuani has ever denied being in a family relationship with the other groups but this alienation will continue if our choice is not respected.

OneNaira6:


Comment from this guy months ago


Notice the discrepancy. When this wannabe ' s attaché by force they forget they already given another form of story before.
https://www.nairaland.com/2128093/prof-osinbajo-pledges-god-not/4#30403585

This wannabe Deltan, pick one story and STICK WITH IT. I can bet a billion dollar you are yoruba and win that bet heavyly

somegirl1:


He said he was Igbo dear. Not Igbo speaking from Ukwuani or from the Ukwuani tribe.

somegirl1:


He said he was Igbo dear. Not Igbo speaking from Ukwuani or from the Ukwuani tribe.

Pharoh:
This topic will never end when people don't take time to understand each other and respect the wishes of other people.

To my Ukwuani peeps, ukwuani is igboid together with other related family members because of similarities in our languages. Each group is unique and independent of each other but all together in one family that could be called igboid or igbo. It is the choice of every group to go about their unique names or choose to go with the family name. Even if you go with your unique name, the family name will always be with you but in the back corner. This is what ukwuani people have decided to do from time memorial but our choice has clearly not been understood or respected to this day and hence this argument. No ukwuani has ever denied being in a family relationship with the other groups but this alienation will continue if our choice is not respected.

veuttoutlemonde:
In other words what Igboid people (non Igbo Izugbe speakers) are saying is that they know that they are Igboid but do not want to associate or be labelled Igbo.

donshaddow:


This was you earlier quote ma'am.

somegirl1:


Exactly which may be broken down as follows:
He was from Ukwuani .......(1)
He claimed to be Igbo ..........(2)
He didn't claim to be merely an Igbo-speaker........(3)


If I say I'm Igbo, it doesn't make me less proud to identify with my sub-group.
I am from my sub-group first before I am Igbo.

donshaddow:


Lol... Thanks.

I'm not disputing the fact that our language is 90% igboid related.

I just need people to know and respect my tribe.

You can't call a Benue man Hausa... They might speak hausa or be closely related to them... That does not make them Hausa.

Ishilove:

Basket- apeere
Onions- Alubosa (alubosa is actually arabic 'albaasal')

babajero:
central igbo language was curled mainly from lmo and abia, and then abia was under IMO, go and research, use google, and mbano central igbo period.

Pharoh:
This topic will never end when people don't take time to understand each other and respect the wishes of other people.

To my Ukwuani peeps, ukwuani is igboid together with other related family members because of similarities in our languages. Each group is unique and independent of each other but all together in one family that could be called igboid or igbo. It is the choice of every group to go about their unique names or choose to go with the family name. Even if you go with your unique name, the family name will always be with you but in the back corner. This is what ukwuani people have decided to do from time memorial but our choice has clearly not been understood or respected to this day and hence this argument. No ukwuani has ever denied being in a family relationship with the other groups but this alienation will continue if our choice is not respected.

bigfrancis21:


Lol. Sieve is 'nyo' in Igbo language.

Myiyo is clearly an Igbo variation of 'nyo'.

The abiriba people of Abia state have some words of Ibibio origin in their dialect, sharing similar boundaries with the Ibibio, yet they acknowledge they are Igbo.

naijainfogalery:
Op you forgot to add egomoney - any igbo dialect is not complete without money

Pharoh:
In my opinion ukwuani people are not benin people and it is time we should try to understand these stories that has been passed down to us. We came from benin as a geographical location but not as from the people because the language we speak today is evident to that. There might have been some benin people who followed our people or people who are product of inter tribal marriages. There is nothing also special in having edo or yoruba words in our language as well. Our language is under the igbo and igboid classification so lets stick to that while still maintaining the fact that ukwauni is a language and not a dialect but 100 percent part of this igbo/igboid family.

ChinenyeN:


It's a relief to see more honesty and sense in this thread. I just do not get why people make this a difficult and never-ending topic. If all the posters who have so far posted in this thread had this understanding, then a list of Igbo speech forms and the respective communities would have been more easily and objectively compiled. This thread would have been a simple success story and life could continue.

bigfrancis21:


Lol. Sieve is 'nyo' in Igbo language.

Myiyo is clearly an Igbo variation of 'nyo'.

The abiriba people of Abia state have some words of Ibibio origin in their dialect, sharing similar boundaries with the Ibibio, yet they acknowledge they are Igbo.