TEDHorsePower:
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I totally agree with you. Anambra speak "ofia" which is a superior Igbo that the colonial masters used in writing so many igbo literature in those days[/s].

Abagworo:


In Ihiala there is Ihite not Ifite traditionally. The same dialect also spoken in Uli, Orsumoghu, Azia, Awo Idemili, Ihe Mbosi, Ihitenansa, Amaruru, Ihioma, Umuhu Okabia, Akwa Ihedi, Okija, Isseke and host of indigenous communities in that stretch of Igbo hinterland.

TEDHorsePower:
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Shut you old fool. It is not the same dialect. Anambra has no similar dialect with Imo state. Stop posting nonsense before I slap you with back hand[/s]

MelesZenawi:


Be guided and stop lying.

We are talking of known dialects, you are bringing igbo izugbe into an important corrections....are we in classroom?....which Nnewi south?

Ohia is a configured Igbo Izugbe and hardly used here unless in classrooms.

Simple.

TEDHorsePower:
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Shut you old fool. It is not the same dialect. Anambra has no similar dialect with Imo state. Stop posting nonsense before I slap you with back hand

SLAP44:

How would you know when your northern brain stops working of it leaves the Onitsha you lived in?

TEDHorsePower:



I totally agree with you. Anambra speak "ofia" which is a superior Igbo that the colonial masters used in writing so many igbo literature in those days.

Abagworo:


In Ihiala there is Ihite not Ifite traditionally. The same dialect also spoken in Uli, Orsumoghu, Azia, Awo Idemili, Ihe Mbosi, Ihitenansa, Amaruru, Ihioma, Umuhu Okabia, Akwa Ihedi, Okija, Isseke and host of indigenous communities in that stretch of Igbo hinterland.

TEDHorsePower:
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Shut up you old fool. It is not the same dialect. Anambra has no similar dialect with Imo state. Stop posting nonsense before I slap you with back hand

TEDHorsePower:
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Useless vagabond shut up. That rubbish is only spoken in your useless Imo state.

ChinenyeN:

Lol. Yes they do. But it's okay. Feel free to come all the way from Anambra to speak on their behalf.

ChinenyeN:

I kula jii? Alright. I can now answer your question with great detail, so do pay attention. Anyone who researches even the slightest thing about Ngwa learns relatively quickly that we have a term for any and all things "non-Ngwa" (ohnuhnu). I do not know the story of how Ohuhu clan (of Umuahia) got it's name, so I cannot say if it is related to our own use of ohnuhnu.

Anyhow, "ohnuhnu" in Ngwa parlance has two usages. The original one refers to the name we ascribed to Ehilihita, Oke, Okwuato, Ahiara, Nguru (in short, the greater part of Mbaisne), and Alulu, Uvuru Ntu, Mbutu Okahia, Umuohiagu, Obiangwu, etc. (Ngo Okpuala) communities. There are many more communities in this cluster that can be named, but you get my point. These are the communities that we consider as part of original/ancestral kinship. This is the original Ngwa/Mbaisne cluster. Any one of the communities in this Ngwa/Mbaisne cluster that is found on the west side of the Imo is referred to as "Ohnuhnu". Any one of the communities in this Ngwa/Mbaisne cluster that is found on the east side of the Imo is referred to as "Ngwa". That is the original usage.

Overtime, new people started to make their way into this area in different waves. Considering the time period for these waves, many of them were probably refuges, fleeing the effects of the transatlantic slave trade in their area. Since the west side of the Imo (Ohnuhnu) referred to these waves of new people as "Isoma", it is likely the case that they were mostly Isu and maybe other smaller groups who may not have been Isu, but resided in the Isu cultural zone. The east side of the Imo (Ngwa) referred to these waves of new people as "ohnuhnu", because they made their way into the area from Ohnuhnu's side of the river. That is the second usage of "ohnuhnu" in Ngwa parlance.

As time went on, the colonial period came and more people from northern Igbo ethnolinguistic groups to people outside of the Igbo ethnolinguistic region started showing up to work and live in Aba, Osisioma, Isiala Ngwa, etc. The term "ohnuhnu" grew to then incorporate all these new people and now "ohnuhnu" means any and everything that is not Ngwa (and also not part of the original Ngwa/Mbaisne cluster).

As a side note: Asa, Ndoki, Etche and Ikwerre communities are not included in the "ohnuhnu" (non-Ngwa) definition. Asa and Ndoki communities can also be seen as joining in using the term "ohnuhnu" to refer to the new non-indigenes (Igbo and non-Igbo) in the area.

There. That is the story. I hope that clears it up for you. If you have any questions, feel free to ask.

Obergilgamesh11:
Interesting piece I must say. My only grouse is how you referred to Mbaise as Mbaisne repeatedly ( given that I'm Mbaise myself). Is there any reason why that is so? I have never seen it written that way or even pronounced that way. Or is this an extension of the whole laughable and pretentious Ikwerre masquerade like the Dikne Ohna? Please whichever be the case, just leave us out of it. You can do that with your Ngwa. We are Mbaise not Mbaisne, ka biko!

Obergilgamesh11:
Interesting piece I must say. My only grouse is how you referred to Mbaise as Mbaisne repeatedly ( given that I'm Mbaise myself). Is there any reason why that is so? I have never seen it written that way or even pronounced that way. Or is this an extension of the whole laughable and pretentious Ikwerre masquerade like the Dikne Ohna? Please whichever be the case, just leave us out of it. You can do that with your Ngwa. We are Mbaise not Mbaisne, ka biko!

ChinenyeN:


The word for "five" is pronounced with deep nasalization just like the word for "thing" or "see". In writing, nasalization is expressed with the letter "n". Which part of Mbaise are you? Perhaps your dialect uses less or no nasalization, but the groups I mentioned are part of the list of communities that speak with marked nasal vowels and consonants.

MelesZenawi:
Ana ekwugheri..

pazienza:
I belong to their social media pages, and I know they don't use Ohuhu.
I have been to these places as well.