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Ebira Has Elements Of Igbo In It Or Am I Wrong by Nobody: 9:51am On Dec 12, 2015 |
My friend speaks fluent ebira and igbo and I hear some elements of igbo each time he speaks his language, is there any connection with igbo? Ebiras in the house, help me understand this phenomenon |
Re: Ebira Has Elements Of Igbo In It Or Am I Wrong by Nobody: 9:54am On Dec 12, 2015 |
willow0801:part of Kogi, Benue and Edo still have Igbo in them. 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Ebira Has Elements Of Igbo In It Or Am I Wrong by Nobody: 9:54am On Dec 12, 2015 |
Sorry Igbos have their cups full and is not interested in fighting your battle for you. OK 3 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Ebira Has Elements Of Igbo In It Or Am I Wrong by Nobody: 9:57am On Dec 12, 2015 |
victorels: Brother I know but how come ebira has igbo elements in it, are they closer culturally to the igbos than other ethnic groups? |
Re: Ebira Has Elements Of Igbo In It Or Am I Wrong by Nobody: 9:59am On Dec 12, 2015 |
Riensi: I'm igbo, by the way what do you mean? 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Ebira Has Elements Of Igbo In It Or Am I Wrong by Nobody: 10:02am On Dec 12, 2015 |
willow0801: Apart from the fulanis that migrated from somewhere into Nigeria, Every ethic group in Nigeria was one before civilization. Environment and challenges changed everything. I do not know any ebira person to quiz but we are all connected. 3 Likes |
Re: Ebira Has Elements Of Igbo In It Or Am I Wrong by Realisticman: 10:04am On Dec 12, 2015 |
Geographical closeness, mode of dressing, physical appearance and many more. The major differences is religion. The Ebiras tends to tilt towards the Hausa's because of religion. The Igbo's in Ebiraland have also become 'Ebiras' in disguise. |
Re: Ebira Has Elements Of Igbo In It Or Am I Wrong by Nobody: 10:04am On Dec 12, 2015 |
victorels: You are correct but ebiras in the house, abeg make una quench my curiosity na |
Re: Ebira Has Elements Of Igbo In It Or Am I Wrong by Nobody: 10:05am On Dec 12, 2015 |
Realisticman: So you are saying ebiras are mostly muslims? Hmmm I didn't know brother |
Re: Ebira Has Elements Of Igbo In It Or Am I Wrong by Chilug(m): 10:11am On Dec 12, 2015 |
No link at all. Two extremes 8 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Ebira Has Elements Of Igbo In It Or Am I Wrong by vedaxcool(m): 10:12am On Dec 12, 2015 |
Welll don't know about that, maybe if you could state words you heard in Ebira that seemed similar to igbo then we could assess. Ebira were part of the qwarafa kingdom till they migrated outwards some settling in nasarawa, abaji, plateau, benue, kogi, edo etc. The qwarafa kingdom was somewhere in taraba (not to sure about that) so culturally it may be far fetch to think there is elements of igbo in Ebira but though it is possible as when tribe interact there is a tendency to borrow words from each other. Like banana in ebira is the same word in Yoruba. 12 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Ebira Has Elements Of Igbo In It Or Am I Wrong by Nobody: 10:16am On Dec 12, 2015 |
vedaxcool: You finally quenched my curiosity, Thanks... more elbows to your grease 2 Likes |
Re: Ebira Has Elements Of Igbo In It Or Am I Wrong by hamzasaidu975: 10:42am On Dec 12, 2015 |
If you talks about Ebira the majority elements was extracted from Hausa language due to religion that combine the two citizenship 1 Like |
Re: Ebira Has Elements Of Igbo In It Or Am I Wrong by vedaxcool(m): 11:00am On Dec 12, 2015 |
willow0801: Pleasure. 1 Like |
Re: Ebira Has Elements Of Igbo In It Or Am I Wrong by Realisticman: 11:18am On Dec 12, 2015 |
willow0801:If not above 80%! |
Re: Ebira Has Elements Of Igbo In It Or Am I Wrong by dustmalik(m): 11:19am On Dec 12, 2015 |
vedaxcool:I'm Ebira, from Okene, and you are very correct. 4 Likes |
Re: Ebira Has Elements Of Igbo In It Or Am I Wrong by Nobody: 11:33am On Dec 12, 2015 |
Ebira and all ethnic groups in southern Nigeria and north central belong to the kwa subgroup of the Niger-congo language stock. That is to say, they all have ones been togather in time past before migration and other factors place all ethnic where they are today. There are certain yoruba words that sound the same with igbira word but have opposite meaning. I have some igbira Friends whose middle names sound more igboish than igbira, but mean different thing entirely. Eg Onyeneku. 4 Likes |
Re: Ebira Has Elements Of Igbo In It Or Am I Wrong by cheruv: 12:00pm On Dec 12, 2015 |
victorels:One from where Biko kwusi itu asi ebe a! 2 Likes |
Re: Ebira Has Elements Of Igbo In It Or Am I Wrong by Ezemust: 12:49pm On Dec 12, 2015 |
when I entered okene I thought I was in Igbo land. majority of them are fair skinned just like the IGBOS 1 Like 3 Shares |
Re: Ebira Has Elements Of Igbo In It Or Am I Wrong by idu1(m): 1:04pm On Dec 12, 2015 |
willow0801:we have no link with igbos. You can take your hypothesis to other tribe.... 10 Likes |
Re: Ebira Has Elements Of Igbo In It Or Am I Wrong by Chilug(m): 1:05pm On Dec 12, 2015 |
Ezemust:True! Stay in Okene 1 month and watch your skin colour change naturally. But ebira girls love tuning cream like their life depend on it. Especially hot movate or something 2 Likes |
Re: Ebira Has Elements Of Igbo In It Or Am I Wrong by softvio(m): 1:08pm On Dec 12, 2015 |
Cc : Danbrowndmf please, come tell us things you know about your tribe...thanx |
Re: Ebira Has Elements Of Igbo In It Or Am I Wrong by Ezemust: 1:13pm On Dec 12, 2015 |
Chilug:but I still believed they are naturally fair skinned |
Re: Ebira Has Elements Of Igbo In It Or Am I Wrong by danbrowndmf(m): 1:20pm On Dec 12, 2015 |
willow0801:ebira is a language inside kogi sate which is spoken by the 'OKENE' people. The last time i was reading some fact about kogi state..i saw that kogi state is the only state who share boundry with up 8states or so & most of these states are igbo states including; anambra,enugu e.t.c (i don 4get jare.) so inside kogi you can find people who speak 'Yoruba,hausa & a bit of igbo' That is why they are middle belt. (we dy confuse sef we know know where we dy.) cc softvio 3 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Ebira Has Elements Of Igbo In It Or Am I Wrong by danbrowndmf(m): 1:25pm On Dec 12, 2015 |
Ezemust:go to my local government or igala u go see black people with tribal mark wey resemble electrical wire. 3 Likes |
Re: Ebira Has Elements Of Igbo In It Or Am I Wrong by cybertyrant(m): 1:37pm On Dec 12, 2015 |
my brother there miggt be be a connection but it must be from igala,since they are our cousins,they might intermarriage or mix but no real connection,igbos already have enough cousins, e.g if am igbo and my cousin is igala,if igala mixes with ebira that dosent mean ebira is part of the family tree. If this is because of biafra,better get it out of ur mind,u should have it in mind that ebira is 70% related to yoruba. U dnt knw how reluctant we are to allow musilm majority tribe into biafra talkless of extra. So u are tellin me that the lagos local govemt called ejigbo is related,ha i laugh in swahili, Am sorry our cup is already overflowing,if u say ebira is related to igala then i might concur 1 Like |
Re: Ebira Has Elements Of Igbo In It Or Am I Wrong by Nobody: 1:42pm On Dec 12, 2015 |
idu1: It was only a question brother. mind you, you are inconsequential to me and the igbos at large. Sorry to my ebira brothers, I only had to reply this bigot 6 Likes |
Re: Ebira Has Elements Of Igbo In It Or Am I Wrong by Nobody: 1:43pm On Dec 12, 2015 |
cybertyrant: Not at all brother, I was only curious, remember we learn everyday. |
Re: Ebira Has Elements Of Igbo In It Or Am I Wrong by vedaxcool(m): 2:02pm On Dec 12, 2015 |
Re: Ebira Has Elements Of Igbo In It Or Am I Wrong by idu1(m): 2:24pm On Dec 12, 2015 |
willow0801:gerrarahere jor!!! |
Re: Ebira Has Elements Of Igbo In It Or Am I Wrong by Ezemust: 3:05pm On Dec 12, 2015 |
danbrowndmf:we are talking of ebira not Igala |
Re: Ebira Has Elements Of Igbo In It Or Am I Wrong by danbrowndmf(m): 3:31pm On Dec 12, 2015 |
Ezemust:am from ebira na...i still think we have many dark skin pple than light skin..depend on the area u went though... |
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