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Re: Why Isn't Igbo Language As Prominent In Port Harcourt As Yoruba Is In Lagos? by itsme01: 6:37pm On Feb 22, 2020 |
![]() Ndi Marginalisation at it again . 1 Like |
Re: Why Isn't Igbo Language As Prominent In Port Harcourt As Yoruba Is In Lagos? by ANSMEDIA: 6:37pm On Feb 22, 2020 |
Most companies in PH do their advert in igbo language 9 Likes
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Re: Why Isn't Igbo Language As Prominent In Port Harcourt As Yoruba Is In Lagos? by Okoroawusa: 6:41pm On Feb 22, 2020 |
kayfra:Read the post again. You are not getting what the op is saying. It's neither an igbo superiority thread. If it is I will be the first to shout the op down ( that is if you know me well enough on Nairaland). Neither it is an IPOB thread. Rather it's a thought provoking write up bordering on sociology n Philosophy of language. Let me sit back n see the out come of this thread. I don't know much about Port Harcourt but being a reasearcher I think this topic is worth researching on. Thanks op. Mynd44 please don't let this thread die. 3 Likes |
Re: Why Isn't Igbo Language As Prominent In Port Harcourt As Yoruba Is In Lagos? by Okoroawusa: 6:45pm On Feb 22, 2020 |
ANSMEDIA:Yes I noticed that when I visit n also most people born n bred in PH has this Igbotic way of speaking English. Which is characteristic of most youths n people born in the Igbo towns like Aba,Enugu,Awka,Onitsha,Owerri n so on. 1 Like |
Re: Why Isn't Igbo Language As Prominent In Port Harcourt As Yoruba Is In Lagos? by selemempe: 7:01pm On Feb 22, 2020 |
Techdra:saying that PH is igbo is not the same thing as saying that Delta State, Edo, Akwa-Ibom, Cross River or Bayelsa is Igbo. Who taught you book? Ph can be Igbo while some other parts of rivers state isn't... Besides the op is asking why ikwere (which is a very igboid language) is not spoken in pH like yoruba is spoken in Lagos Blind hate for igbos make some of you sound unintelligent 10 Likes |
Re: Why Isn't Igbo Language As Prominent In Port Harcourt As Yoruba Is In Lagos? by rummmy: 7:02pm On Feb 22, 2020 |
Is ILORIN a Yoruba or a Fulani city,.....?.... I have spent 2 weeks here but could not see anyone speaking Yoruba, I'm still confused. 13 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: Why Isn't Igbo Language As Prominent In Port Harcourt As Yoruba Is In Lagos? by kayfra: 7:06pm On Feb 22, 2020 |
Okoroawusa: Of course I know it's rather alluding to the weakness of the Igbo claim on anything Port Harcourt. But I gotta spite them given any opportunity. Good fart target ![]() 1 Like |
Re: Why Isn't Igbo Language As Prominent In Port Harcourt As Yoruba Is In Lagos? by itsme01: 7:13pm On Feb 22, 2020 |
rummmy: ![]() Ibo man so what language is spoken in ilorin 7 Likes |
Re: Why Isn't Igbo Language As Prominent In Port Harcourt As Yoruba Is In Lagos? by Blackking98(m): 7:36pm On Feb 22, 2020 |
The person that created this topic has sinister plans. Lagos is a homogeneous Yoruba state, River's is not a homogeneous Igbo state, it's not even in the SE, so why the useless comparison? Compare Lagos with IMO or anambra when you're talking. The op posted this thread with the plan in mind as follows; to make igbos come out and claim Port Harcourt then non igbos in Rivers and the SS atlarge will dispute the fact. 3 Likes |
Re: Why Isn't Igbo Language As Prominent In Port Harcourt As Yoruba Is In Lagos? by Blackking98(m): 7:37pm On Feb 22, 2020 |
Then we'll start fighting each other while the afonja will be laughing and rolling on the ground. Please ignore the idiot I'm from akwa ibom btw 1 Like
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Re: Why Isn't Igbo Language As Prominent In Port Harcourt As Yoruba Is In Lagos? by gidgiddy: 7:42pm On Feb 22, 2020 |
Techdra: It doesnt matter what tag Ikwerre people give themselves. What is important is that there is no difference between an Ikwerre from River state and an Ngwa man from from Abia or an Nsukka from Enugu state They all speak the same ancestral language and practice the same culture. Whatever they choose to tag themselves doesnt take away they fact that they are all one people 4 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Why Isn't Igbo Language As Prominent In Port Harcourt As Yoruba Is In Lagos? by PicLtd: 7:44pm On Feb 22, 2020 |
Anytime I enter Pitakwa, I speak Igbo and I get understood. Go there and pretend not to understand English or even pidgin if you speak Igbo, you will still get very much understood and do your business, to the chagrin of Nylon-poo flingers. 8 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Why Isn't Igbo Language As Prominent In Port Harcourt As Yoruba Is In Lagos? by SlayerForever: 7:59pm On Feb 22, 2020 |
PicLtd: I do this too ![]() ![]() 4 Likes |
Re: Why Isn't Igbo Language As Prominent In Port Harcourt As Yoruba Is In Lagos? by Techdra: 8:15pm On Feb 22, 2020 |
gidgiddy: Nope. They aren't one. They've decided to carve out an identity for themselves no matter who they bear cultural similarities with. They prefer being known as the Ikwerre people so deal with it and stop being parasites... 3 Likes |
Re: Why Isn't Igbo Language As Prominent In Port Harcourt As Yoruba Is In Lagos? by Iamgrey5(m): 8:21pm On Feb 22, 2020 |
rummmy:You mean ilorin in Abia? 6 Likes |
Re: Why Isn't Igbo Language As Prominent In Port Harcourt As Yoruba Is In Lagos? by gidgiddy: 8:27pm On Feb 22, 2020 |
Techdra: The Ngwa man is also known as the Ngwa man The Abiriba man is the Abiriba man The Aro man is the Aro man The Nsukka man is the Nsukka man The Abakiliki man is the Abakiliki man The Ikwerre man is the Ikwerre man Their no difference between all these people, no matter what tag they give themselves They all speak the Igbo language as their ancestral language, they all have Igbo surnames and they all practice Igbo culture There is no difference between them 11 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Why Isn't Igbo Language As Prominent In Port Harcourt As Yoruba Is In Lagos? by tsdarkside(m): 8:32pm On Feb 22, 2020 |
because ph is not igbo....its a multi ethnic city.... 2 Likes |
Re: Why Isn't Igbo Language As Prominent In Port Harcourt As Yoruba Is In Lagos? by Techdra: 8:40pm On Feb 22, 2020 |
gidgiddy: Bla bla bla. It won't change anything. They're Ikwerres and should be allowed to create an identity for themselves without being harassed. No be by force to answer Igbo. We no dey carry drugs. 7 Likes |
Re: Why Isn't Igbo Language As Prominent In Port Harcourt As Yoruba Is In Lagos? by Techdra: 8:45pm On Feb 22, 2020 |
selemempe: Another dry and totally unrelated mention. The entire South-South states are all multi-ethnic so a language or tribe can't claim dominance or superiority over others. 7 Likes |
Re: Why Isn't Igbo Language As Prominent In Port Harcourt As Yoruba Is In Lagos? by spiritmasquerad(m): 8:46pm On Feb 22, 2020 |
Eziokwu1:In a way it quite similar to Northern Delta state the fact is in place like that were different people with different ancestral root but some how starts speaking similar language will away make it hard for one to thrive |
Re: Why Isn't Igbo Language As Prominent In Port Harcourt As Yoruba Is In Lagos? by spiritmasquerad(m): 8:57pm On Feb 22, 2020 |
gidgiddy:I do not agree for example am from Delta state, Idumuje Unor to be precise but I don't identify as igbo because according to our history we immigrant from Benin and it was actually Idumunje Unor before the white man came and kept confusing the two but what am saying is that they are differences between a PH Ikwerres person and the average Igbo man and that why they speak subigbo language if anyone pays attention you will notice that Efik sound a lot like Igbo but that doesn't make them Igbo 5 Likes |
Re: Why Isn't Igbo Language As Prominent In Port Harcourt As Yoruba Is In Lagos? by Firstpage: 9:09pm On Feb 22, 2020 |
rummmy: They all speak igbo in Ilorin. 4 Likes |
Re: Why Isn't Igbo Language As Prominent In Port Harcourt As Yoruba Is In Lagos? by lx3as(m): 9:10pm On Feb 22, 2020 |
mbos: Edo and Delta in old Eastern Region...? There is nothing one will not read on Nairaland. That we have Oba of Ogbaland in Rivers and Ìfẹ in Igalaland and Igala language almost 70% intelligible with Yoruba do not make these people Yorubas. Just as Igala language is Yoruboid and the people are not Yorubas, Ikwere language is igboid and they are not Igbos; same thing applies to Ika and others in Delta and Rivers who claim Bini origin but using igboid language. 8 Likes |
Re: Why Isn't Igbo Language As Prominent In Port Harcourt As Yoruba Is In Lagos? by bigfrancis21: 9:24pm On Feb 22, 2020 |
ANSMEDIA: Please specify their ads, billboard ads or via radio/TV ads? 1 Like |
Re: Why Isn't Igbo Language As Prominent In Port Harcourt As Yoruba Is In Lagos? by yesloaded: 9:29pm On Feb 22, 2020 |
Eziokwu1:Port Harcourt is not 100% Igbo land, Lagos state is 100% Yoruba Land 5 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Why Isn't Igbo Language As Prominent In Port Harcourt As Yoruba Is In Lagos? by eagleu: 9:32pm On Feb 22, 2020 |
Marshalldrezzy: What a big illiterate! Go learn what these mean, ok 1. Igweocha 2. Obigbo 3. Umumasi Then come back with a clear head when you have enough information. 2 Likes |
Re: Why Isn't Igbo Language As Prominent In Port Harcourt As Yoruba Is In Lagos? by AworiLagosian: 9:37pm On Feb 22, 2020 |
E dey pain u o ga-gauuuun!! 2 Likes |
Re: Why Isn't Igbo Language As Prominent In Port Harcourt As Yoruba Is In Lagos? by bigfrancis21: 9:40pm On Feb 22, 2020 |
SlayerForever: I experienced this too myself. On one occassion, I clearly heard an Etche woman road seller chiding her son in Igbo (Etche). I walked up to her to buy something and spoke Igbo to her and she snubbed me like she didn't understand. I repeated myself and she spoke English instead. Another time, I needed directions to somewhere as I was lost and I approached two women speaking clear Igbo just like any two ladies in Enugu or Owerri (honestly I thought they were regular SE folks) and I approached them and said, bikonu a na m acho ebe a na-ere xyz (i've forgotten what exactly I was looking to buy in that mini market) and they both turned and gave me this very dirty nasty look like how dare I approach them and speak Igbo without knowing if they were Igbo or not. They just hurriedly pointed at the place in a quick hand gesture, like go go and get out of here. I simply said thanks and walked away. Many Rivers folks will feign ignorance of the Igbo language to regular SE folks but speak the same language within themselves. I was born in PH myself but left when I was a kid but visited much later severally as an adult. With what you hear or read about PH online, I was much surprised when I visited PH in person. It was just like any other SE Igbo state, no difference. Igbo/Igboid language being spoken everywhere, Igbo songs being played everywhere, Igbo songs being sung at fellowships and churches, Ikwerre burial ads everywhere that were just like what I was familiar with in Owerri etc. I would often hear Ikwerre spoken here and there and understood what was being said. I remember one Ikwerre woman shouting at her child, 'm mgbolo gi aka mbra' or so (I will slap you now) and I understood her immediately even though it was my first time hearing 'mgbolo' and 'mbra'. While eating at a buka one day in PH, I also witnessed one Ikwerre girl, Chichi being called 'this Igbo girl' by a Hausa customer and she was defiantly denying being Igbo but Ikwerre instead etc. Sometimes, what is portrayed online can paint a totally different picture from reality. Going by what I experienced, PH is majority Igbo/minority others. Igbo and Pidgin are spoken hand in hand in the city. 10 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Why Isn't Igbo Language As Prominent In Port Harcourt As Yoruba Is In Lagos? by flokii: 9:42pm On Feb 22, 2020 |
Lagos (Eko) is owned by Yorubas.. Ph has its indigenous people just like Bayelsa, Cross-River etc. 1 Like |
Re: Why Isn't Igbo Language As Prominent In Port Harcourt As Yoruba Is In Lagos? by centboy123456(m): 9:46pm On Feb 22, 2020 |
Techdra: we have Delta igbo the govern of delta state is an igbo man and am from the igbo speaking part of delta state pls say what u know 3 Likes |
Re: Why Isn't Igbo Language As Prominent In Port Harcourt As Yoruba Is In Lagos? by Yalakatasa: 10:03pm On Feb 22, 2020 |
[s] itsme01:[/s] 1 Like |
Re: Why Isn't Igbo Language As Prominent In Port Harcourt As Yoruba Is In Lagos? by 0m0nnakoda: 10:04pm On Feb 22, 2020 |
It is a dying language |
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