Candycrushy:
Thanks for the correction sir..on behalf of the op

You welcome nwanyi oma.

PHIPEX:
Stop mis-informing the public by using the word most. There is only 2 communities in Anambra west where Igala and Igbo are spoken. The rest speak 100% Igbo. Anambra west has about 15 communities and Igala can be heard in 2, how does 2 become most out of 15? Who told you they can choose to be called any of Igbo or Igala?

Let's drop this... You're already pushing in the direction that may bring out the worst in one.

If it's an argument.. You've won. Hope that's enough to assuage you.
#peace

Lastorator:


YOUR OWN DUMBNESD DEY ON STEROID...
YOU WILL SAY
"akwa ibom is largely igbo" onanother you say "akwa ibom is partly igbo"..

I askyou to mention the part that is igbo and you are telling me that it is secret that you will take me in private there.

You guys are sooo anoying, thats why even folks that speak a semblance of the language will not want anything to do with being called a part of you...

The better you guys learn to dissociate ignorance from arrogance the better.

There are no indigenous Igbo in Cross River, Bayelsa, Akwa-Ibom and Edo State

There are indigenous Igbos in Rivers State and Delta State,

I know most Igbanke people bear Igbo names and their Languages sounds Igbo. I have met/work with a girl from Obubra LGA, Cross River, her name is Nkiru. I didn't ask how she got the name or whether people over there bear Igbo names.

Igbanke people are just like Itsekiri to Yoruba people,

otuekong1:

You take the hospitality given to you for smartness
I dey laugh as you the expose your ignorance keep it up

I'm only educating you else I don't have the time to trade words with a fool.

otuekong1:

The level of ignorance and greed some igbo exhibits is just way too mind blowing,they easily believe every poo Biafra radio tells them, Education and Christianity is suppose to enlighten but its the contrary
Laughing the exhibiting of stupidity

This people tire me
I swear down...
.
The level of ignorance mixed with so much pride and haughtiness is so mind blowing... I no go ansa th again...

Make themcontinue the mumu

delpee:
Egun is the language spoken by the Badagry people of Lagos State.

Ete ado

AgonyOfHell:


There are no indigenous Igbo in Cross River, Bayelsa, Akwa-Ibom and Edo State

There are indigenous Igbos in Rivers State and Delta State,

I know most Igbanke people bear Igbo names and their Languages sounds Igbo. I have met/work with a girl from Obubra LGA, Cross River, her name is Nkiru. I didn't ask how she got the name or whether people over there bear Igbo names.

Igbanke people are just like Itsekiri to Yoruba people,

Thank You bhroo, God bless you

AgonyOfHell:


There are no indigenous Igbo in Cross River, Bayelsa, Akwa-Ibom and Edo State

There are indigenous Igbos in Rivers State and Delta State,

I know most Igbanke people bear Igbo names and their Languages sounds Igbo. I have met/work with a girl from Obubra LGA, Cross River, her name is Nkiru. I didn't ask how she got the name or whether people over there bear Igbo names.

Igbanke people are just like Itsekiri to Yoruba people,

You are wrong, let's stop denying what exist, they maybe in the minority but Igbo exist in Akwa Ibom, see my reference below[img][/img]

Lastorator:


Guy Cross river has the most diverse language speakers in Nigeria.. I can comfortably hold brief for Akwa ibom and calabar.. Ibibio and efik the rest i cant hold their brief comfortably, kbudu has parts that speak tiv.

Why are you confusing yourself, you earlier said "There are ZERO igbo tribe in Akwa Ibom and cross River, when i say Zero i mean zero, tag me to any thread you find please, mention me"
What is eating you up? If you know nothing on things like this why not keep shut and learn.
Igbos know and will never forget thier brothers wherever they are even the ones indigenous outside of Nigeria.

Biafrannuke:
I'm only educating you else I don't have the time to trade words with a fool.

You lack manners,grow up

Biafrannuke:
I'm only educating you else I don't have the time to trade words with a fool.

You lack manners,grow up

Lastorator:


Lying piece of sh"...
There is iindeenous igbo in Bayelsa ba ?
Oya mention the tribe.. You run.

There are indegenous igbos in akwa ibom that are older than even akwa ibom people... I adk you to mention the tribe and you run... Guy you are a nuisance.. I swear down

To help the guy
I know of Bayelsa where Igbo is indigenous like Abuetor, Osekwenike etc but I have heard of one community in Akwa Ibom in Ika local government though in minority. And in cross river, isobos are Igbos and proud one. You can follow their on Facebook page to verify. In Edo Igbanke are Igbo. Delta and Rivers are the only South South with Igbo as a major language. Other SS states just have few community and minority Igbo indigenous population.
Gracias

Osagyefo98:


Imagine if I decide to use translator but no I gave you the truth and I stand on it.

Check my moniker, I don't waste time on useless argument.

Lols.
Try.. Unless you get an akwa ibomite, google will jus embarrass u.. Incase you dont know, google and facebook mess up when translating ibibio, and i mixed it up with Oron an Efik... So akwa ibom folks you see wont really be able to interpret it all.

PeaceNexus:
I have several friends from there....some of them bear Igbo names...even their surnames.... Though they claim that they were supposed to be from Delta state but somehow they were carved to Edo. Her name is Ngozi. That's an unadulterated Igbo name. Another person bears Udele as his surname. Udele in Igbo means vulture which was the same meaning the guy gave.....those are my bases for the statement

Well, I was more concerned bout the part where you said they speak Igbo, not really on the part where you said they have the names. Most people answer names which are different from the language they speak. It might sound weird but that’s the truth. I don’t know bout their surnames though, but they actually speak Ika, at least that’s what I heard them speaking for the six years I stayed there, they might have changed it shall And Ika is different from Igbo, so it shouldn’t be concluded that they understood it in any form. An Asaba man must use pidgin to discuss with an Agbor man, because he runs the risk of not understanding what the latter party might say. An Ika man fully understands Igbo, but an Igbo man won’t understand Ika (he will never understand a complete sentence). I’m pretty sure no Igbo person can argue that.

@op, egba and ijebu are not Yoruba abi? let them catch you.

Map of Igboland in Nigeria

Lastorator:

There is no part of Igbo in Ibibio or Ibibio in igbo dat is indigenous

Govt website.


https://www.aksgonline.com/about_people_ethnicity.html

Go back to school on a serious note.

cc to Benin republic man LegendHero :

Goodness001:

To help the guy
I know of Bayelsa where Igbo is indigenous like Abuetor, Osekwenike etc but I have heard of one community in Akwa Ibom in Ika local government though in minority. And in cross river, isobos are Igbos and proud one. You can follow their on Facebook page to verify. In Edo Igbanke are Igbo. Delta and Rivers are the only South South with Igbo as a major language. Other SS states just have few community and minority Igbo indigenous population.
Gracias

So there's no single Igbo person here that can point out to one community in Akwa ibom that speaks igbo, yet the Op included Igbo as a major language in akwa ibom state...

I give up.

Osagyefo98:
I reserve my Judgement on this because there are distortions.

But let me quickly correct this


4. Anambra State
Anambra is a state in southeastern Nigeria. Its name was inspired by one of its Northern and riverine clans Anam but merged with “branch”.

Language spoken: Igala and Igbo are the major languages of Anambra state



Please and please Igala is not a language in anambra state, let alone been a major language.

There is nothing like Igala language in anambra state pls.

.

Your uneducation is alarming.

Lastorator:



So there's no single Igbo person here that can point out to one community in Akwa ibom that speaks igbo, yet the Op included Igbo as a major language in akwa ibom state...

I give up.

Igbo's can claim what is not theirs

Lastorator:


Same thing my broda,i stoped reafing and got iritated.. What do they derive from doing this? Annang is the closest people to igbo land, and they speak annang, not igbo... Go no single Akwa Ibom tribe speaks igbo...and no tribe in igbo land speaks ibibio... Lets stop these lies

Ignorance is bad.

move around and have peace.

Lastorator:



So there's no single Igbo person here that can point out to one community in Akwa ibom that speaks igbo, yet the Op included Igbo as a major language in akwa ibom state...

I give up.

I'm beginning to think there might be something wrong with you somehow.. Or is it the shock of this fact which is new to you.

This is Akwa Ibom state official government website, read and cure yourself of your ignorance. I'm beginning to doubt the kind of education you acquired that you can't even carry out a simple research which is out there on Akwa Ibom state govt's website.

https://www.aksgonline.com/about_people_ethnicity.html

Osagyefo98:


Govt website.


https://www.aksgonline.com/about_people_ethnicity.html

Go back to school on a serious note.

cc to Benin republic man LegendHero :

I have been to Eastern obolo... The people there speak, Ibibio efik and Obolo...

In Oron the people there speak Ibiobio and oron... But it does not make Ibibio indegenous to Oron..

Check out, there is no single community in ika that bears igbo name.. The languague there is Ika, but with the proximity to Abia, theyalso speak igbo... But no single ika man will tell u that he is igbo... I will plan an expedition to Ika community and record and interview and post here on nairaland

Goodness001:

To help the guy
I know of Bayelsa where Igbo is indigenous like Abuetor, Osekwenike etc but I have heard of one community in Akwa Ibom in Ika local government though in minority. And in cross river, isobos are Igbos and proud one. You can follow their on Facebook page to verify. In Edo Igbanke are Igbo. Delta and Rivers are the only South South with Igbo as a major language. Other SS states just have few community and minority Igbo indigenous population.
Gracias

Who be this one?
The dominant language in Delta is Urhobo and it’s variants. Delta Igbos cannot even communicate with each other. I don’t know where people get the idea that an Ika man is from the same tribe as an Oshimili man. Just cause one person said it doesn’t mean it holds. Let’s point back to history so I can disprove the horrendous claim that Igbos and the Ikas are one. During the civil war, Agbor was used as a battlefield (actually just the path along the Lagos Asaba Road). Guess who the Hausas were killing there? Not the indigenes but Igbo natives. My question is this. How did they spot the difference if both languages are the same as people claim them to be? And please don’t answer with an insult as we are just here to debate on the reasons why over 1000 different set of persons can’t stay together (I don’t know what Lord Lugard was doing, them suppose dig up him grave tear am better slap).

Osagyefo98:


Govt website.


https://www.aksgonline.com/about_people_ethnicity.html

Go back to school on a serious note.

cc to Benin republic man LegendHero :

Oga stop working on deceit,we have lots of Igbo's that have settled down in akwa ibom but there is no single indegenous Igbo village in akwa ibom
Advise:::::Stop listening or reading those poo Biafra radio says

Ekealterego:

I'm beginning to think there might be something wrong with you somehow.. Or is it the shock of this fact which is new to you.

This is Akwa Ibom state official government website, read and cure yourself of your ignorance. I'm beginning to doubt the kind of education you acquired that you can't even carry out a simple research which is out there on Akwa Ibom state govt's website.

https://www.aksgonline.com/about_people_ethnicity.html

He loves his ignorance. He couldn't even research on his own and when reference are provided he tactically ignored them.

Ekealterego:

I'm beginning to think there might be something wrong with you somehow.. Or is it the shock of this fact which is new to you.

This is Akwa Ibom state official government website, read and cure yourself of your ignorance. I'm beginning to doubt the kind of education you acquired that you can't even carry out a simple research which is out there on Akwa Ibom state govt's website.

https://www.aksgonline.com/about_people_ethnicity.html

See all these cockroaches crawling out.. The local government area is Ika, the language there is Ika... But the same way an Oron man understands and speaks ibibio yet wont live to be called an ibibio man is the same way ika people speak igbo by their proximity to abia.. But all the town and villqges all have Ika names.

Biafrannuke:
I pity who will take your write up serious

you just listed igala as a major language in Anambra. you even wrote it before Igbo.

listed ikwerre as a separate language from Igbo in Rivers. listed ika and ukwuani which are essentially Igbo dialects as separate from " Delta Igbo" but failed to note that egun is spoken in lagos. Also untonkon is a town in Benue not a language , their language is Igbo. The problem is that Nigerians grope proudly in institutionalized ignorance

Hahaha, he is confused
just imagine, idoma and igala as part of Enugu State

otuekong1:

Oga stop working on deceit,we have lots of Igbo's that have settled down in akwa ibom but there is no single indegenous Igbo village in akwa ibom
Advise:::::Stop listening or reading those poo Biafra radio says

This ignorance from you guys is becoming shameful that in this internet age, you can't even do a simple research.
Do you know better than Akwa Ibom state government? Do you? If you don't then go and sleep.. A simple visit to their website would have shown you that they themselves published that there are NATIVE IGBO Communities in the state.
Phew!!

Lastorator:



See all these cockroaches crawling out.. The local government area is Ika, the language there is Ika... But the same way an Oron man understands and speaks ibibio yet wont live to be called an ibibio man is the same way ika people speak igbo by their proximity to abia.. But all the town and villqges all have Ika names.

So I should believe you more than your state govt? The site states they speak Igbo as their FIRST language, don't you know what that means?

Psalm2423:


Well, I was more concerned bout the part where you said they speak Igbo, not really on the part where you said they have the names. Most people answer names which are different from the language they speak. It might sound weird but that’s the truth. I don’t know bout their surnames though, but they actually speak Ika, at least that’s what I heard them speaking for the six years I stayed there, they might have changed it shall And Ika is different from Igbo, so it shouldn’t be concluded that they understood it in any form. An Asaba man must use pidgin to discuss with an Agbor man, because he runs the risk of not understanding what the latter party might say. An Ika man fully understands Igbo, but an Igbo man won’t understand Ika (he will never understand a complete sentence). I’m pretty sure no Igbo person can argue that.

Igbo is diverse, Agbor man understands standard Igbo because he's Igbo, he would also struggle to understand some other igbo dialects like say, Nsukka, Ngwa, Mbaise etc.
I pick Agbor dialect but not 100%. I will struggle for sure but will pick some words and make meaning out of it.
It's not even argued because Ika is just one of the several Igbo dialects.