EGYPTIAN | IGBO (Onitsha and Uburu dialects used)

KAKA(God) | Ka (greater, superior)
Khu (to kill, death) | Nwu/Gbu (die/to kill)
Em (smell) | Imi/Emi (nose, associated with smell)
Bi (to become) | Bu (to become)
un (living being) | Ndu (life)
Feh (to go away) | Feh (to fly away)
Budo (dwelling place) | Obodo/ubudo (country, dwelling place)
Dudu (black image of Osiris) | Mmadu (person)
Un (living person) | Ulo/Uno (living area, house)
Beka (pray/confess) | Biko/Beko (to plead, please)
Aru (mouth) | Onu (mouth) & kooh/Kwue (to speak)
Dor (settlement) | Dor-Nor (sit down, settle)
Ra -Shu (light after darkness) | La -Shu (sleep)
Aru (rise) | Anu/Kulie (up, rise)
Wu (rise) | KWu-ni/Kunie (rise)
In- n (negation) | nh-n (negation)
Ma (to know) | Ma, Ma-li (to know)
Se (to create) | Ke (to create) & Se (to draw)
Hoo (rejoice) | Goo, ta-Goo (dance, rejoice)
Omijener (deep water) | Ime-me (deep inside)
Nen (the primeval water mother) | Nem (mother)
Ro (talk) | Kwo (to talk)
Penka (divide) | Panje (break it)
Ala (Land of) | Ala (Land of, ground, boundary)
Amu (children) | Umu (children)
Ani (ground land below) | Ani (ground land below)
Ka (higher) | Ka (greater, higher, stronger, above)
Pa (open) | Meghee (open)
Isi (leader) | Isi (leader, head (body part), female name as in igbo: "Isioma"
Oni (AE City) | Oni-tsha (Igbo City)
Ikhenaten (name of a Pharaoh) | Ikh-em (Igbo name for a male representing high power)
Au-nu (Crocodile) | Anu/Anu-Ma-nu (animal, beast)
Miri (water) | Miri (water)
Nahasu (other Blacks) | Ahasi/Ani-hasi (Evening, night)
Ak (man) | Ok-a (man)
Ehn/Hen (yes, nod head) | Eh (yes, nod head)
Paa/Faa (fly) | Feeh/Faa (fly)
Utcha (dawn) | Uchi-chi/Utchi-chi(night)
MM (among) | Imme (inside, among)
W (they) | Uwe (they, them)

he he he heeee una no go kill igbo people for nairaland
b4 na jews, now na egypt, 2mrw na afghanistan ebewu

me i originate from mbano full stop.

My brother the thing don taya me o, next thing you know we go hear Igbos are the descendants of Napoleon Bonaparte, but they used uli fruit to get their brown tan

Ibos Originate from Isreal and many Facts have already proved it, So urs is just meaningless

smile4kenn
What facts are you talking about because anybody can post anything. Please, i hope you're not naive to believe any of these things.

The funny part of it is the poster is shouting from Bangladesh near India.
If like sey he dey near river Nile I for don dey believe small small.



OK MY OWN VERSION IGBOS ARE JAPANESE ORIGIN THAT'S WHY OUR NAMES SOUND THE SAME.
EXAMPLES:

JAPAN IGBO
NAKATA NWAKATA
OBUCHI OBUCHI
OSAKA NSUKA
ISUZU IZUNDU
NAKITI NWANKITI

ABI UNA NOGO BELIEVE ME?

Lol @ Oziomatv,

JAPANESE IGBO

Chika Chika
Ichida Ichida
Akika Akika
Ichi Ichi
Akiko Akiko
Uchichi Uchichi
Ako Ako
Asato Asato
Aki Aki
Umi Umi



ladies and gents, as you can see, Igbos migrated to Africa from Japan- - -

RUSSIA IGBO

Anya Anya


Oops. . . looks like Igbos migrated from Russia. . .

Rebirth:

EGYPTIAN | IGBO (Onitsha and Uburu dialects used)

KAKA(God) | Ka (greater, superior)
Khu (to kill, death) | Nwu/Gbu (die/to kill)
Em (smell) | Imi/Emi (nose, associated with smell)
Bi (to become) | Bu (to become)
un (living being) | Ndu (life)
Feh (to go away) | Feh (to fly away)
Budo (dwelling place) | Obodo/ubudo (country, dwelling place)
Dudu (black image of Osiris) | Mmadu (person)
Un (living person) | Ulo/Uno (living area, house)
Beka (pray/confess) | Biko/Beko (to plead, please)
Aru (mouth) | Onu (mouth) & kooh/Kwue (to speak)
Dor (settlement) | Dor-Nor (sit down, settle)
Ra -Shu (light after darkness) | La -Shu (sleep)
Aru (rise) | Anu/Kulie (up, rise)
Wu (rise) | KWu-ni/Kunie (rise)
In- n (negation) | nh-n (negation)
Ma (to know) | Ma, Ma-li (to know)
Se (to create) | Ke (to create) & Se (to draw)
Hoo (rejoice) | Goo, ta-Goo (dance, rejoice)
Omijener (deep water) | Ime-me (deep inside)
Nen (the primeval water mother) | Nem (mother)
Ro (talk) | Kwo (to talk)
Penka (divide) | Panje (break it)
Ala (Land of) | Ala (Land of, ground, boundary)
Amu (children) | Umu (children)
Ani (ground land below) | Ani (ground land below)
Ka (higher) | Ka (greater, higher, stronger, above)
Pa (open) | Meghee (open)
Isi (leader) | Isi (leader, head (body part), female name as in igbo: "Isioma"
Oni (AE City) | Oni-tsha (Igbo City)
Ikhenaten (name of a Pharaoh) | Ikh-em (Igbo name for a male representing high power)
Au-nu (Crocodile) | Anu/Anu-Ma-nu (animal, beast)
Miri (water) | Miri (water)
Nahasu (other Blacks) | Ahasi/Ani-hasi (Evening, night)
Ak (man) | Ok-a (man)
Ehn/Hen (yes, nod head) | Eh (yes, nod head)
Paa/Faa (fly) | Feeh/Faa (fly)
Utcha (dawn) | Uchi-chi/Utchi-chi(night)
MM (among) | Imme (inside, among)
W (they) | Uwe (they, them)

This is still in conformance with the the theory that Igbos have some links with the Jews, especially when you factor in the fact that the Israelites sojourned in Egypt for hundreds of years. It is very possible that a group emerged which were influenced by both cultures.

@RichyBlacK
Spot on. I like ur view on this issue. That is another worthy hypothesis

I can't believe people here are so naive to believe this myth because of what they read on the internet or some hoax that was passed down from there parents. There is absolutely no evidence at all besides for some conspiracy theorists running around spreading rumors in a poor region where everybody is willing to hold on to something. This myth that igbos are jews is just what Ojukwu propagated during the civil war to create a siege mentality among the igbos (us against them mentality) to rally them for war and to justify secession (treason) as being noble and just. Igbos are Nigerians like everyone else, let me be the first to say it I AM NIGERIAN AND WELL PROUD OF IT. When i was in primary school in naija, they said that hausas originated from somewhere, they also said that yorubas migrated from saudi arabia, which was just a folklore so my good friends don't go around looking like fools abeg, y'all nigerians like everybody else.

Absolute crap.

awww gosh!!!

u gotta be kiddin me!!

grafikdon:

Lol @ Oziomatv,

JAPANESE IGBO

Chika Chika
Ichida Ichida
Akika Akika
Ichi Ichi
Akiko Akiko
Uchichi Uchichi
Ako Ako
Asato Asato
Aki Aki
Umi Umi


ladies and gents, as you can see, Igbos migrated to Africa from Japan- - -

oziomatv:

The funny part of it is the poster is shouting from Bangladesh near India.
If like sey he dey near river Nile I for don dey believe small small.



OK MY OWN VERSION IGBOS ARE JAPANESE ORIGIN THAT'S WHY OUR NAMES SOUND THE SAME.
EXAMPLES:

JAPAN IGBO
NAKATA NWAKATA
OBUCHI OBUCHI
OSAKA NSUKA
ISUZU IZUNDU
NAKITI NWANKITI

ABI UNA NOGO BELIEVE ME?

@grafik & tv

how about england? you know many igbos are light skinned. they may have come from england

ENGLISH IGBO
animal anumanu
agressive agu
hazel ahiazu
see . . . . . . .
perhaps my ancestors are from merseyside

Igbos are the descendants of Tuface Idibia's innumerable offsprings!

Tufiakwa!!! (abomination) Ndigbo are not from Egypt. I dont also agree that Igbos are Israelis. IGBOS are IGBOS! God Almighty made it so. That is why we are unique.

Whoever did this research must be crazy. Why was Onitsha DIALECT used as case study? (Note: Onitsha dialect connotes the Igbo language as spoken by Onitsha indigenes). Are the people of Onitsha Igbos? Why not Enugu, Nnewi, Umuahia, Orlu, Awka, Owerri, etc.

Akwa uwa!

Mortiple:

Akwa uwa!

weep not child. very soon they'll make new revealations that igbos originated from uzbekistan

anyi bu ndi jew buru ndi arakuba

romeo:

anyi bu ndi jew buru ndi arakuba

How ironic- - - Igbo people no dey do arakuba. The only few into that thing na pure wayo wayo and absolute wuru wuru. Only about 0.001% of them do arakuba out of personal conviction.

davidif:

I can't believe people here are so naive to believe this myth because of what they read on the internet or some hoax that was passed down from there parents. There is absolutely no evidence at all besides for some conspiracy theorists running around spreading rumors in a poor region where everybody is willing to hold on to something. This myth that igbos are jews is just what Ojukwu propagated during the civil war to create a siege mentality among the igbos (us against them mentality) to rally them for war and to justify secession (treason) as being noble and just. Igbos are Nigerians like everyone else, let me be the first to say it I AM NIGERIAN AND WELL PROUD OF IT. When i was in primary school in naija, they said that hausas originated from somewhere, they also said that yorubas migrated from saudi arabia, which was just a folklore so my good friends don't go around looking like fools abeg, y'all nigerians like everybody else.

My brother, leave that Ojukwu matter for another thread. He didn't need some moonlight tales to go to war or commit ''treason'' . . . the wholesale massacre of his people is more than enough reason. Besides, that Jew tales by moonlight has been around before the war, so make you talk another thing.

4 Play:

Igbos are the descendants of Tuface Idibia's innumerable offsprings!

This funny, not because it is hilarious, rather it is the most redundant, irrelevant line in the history of mankind. It's like saying ''A= kangaroo and B= Xylophone.''

Its easy just to dismiss, but the truth is that Igbo's don't actually know if they originated from anywhere else other than where they are now, and if we did where that place is.

Now isn't that the truth?

davidif:

I can't believe people here are so naive to believe this myth because of what they read on the internet or some hoax that was passed down from there parents. There is absolutely no evidence at all besides for some conspiracy theorists running around spreading rumors in a poor region where everybody is willing to hold on to something. This myth that igbos are jews is just what Ojukwu propagated during the civil war to create a siege mentality among the igbos (us against them mentality) to rally them for war and to justify secession (treason) as being noble and just. Igbos are Nigerians like everyone else, let me be the first to say it I AM NIGERIAN AND WELL PROUD OF IT. When i was in primary school in naija, they said that hausas originated from somewhere, they also said that yorubas migrated from saudi arabia, which was just a folklore so my good friends don't go around looking like fools abeg, y'all nigerians like everybody else.

That is the issue with nigeria; people are either afraid or ashamed of their origins. rather than look into the past in search of the realities of their past, they hide under the pretext/pretence of "we are okay where we are", if we never understand the past, the future of our cultures is at risk, never wondered why the Igbo language is the fastest fading of the three major languages of nigeria Every other word in a sentence has english in it. i am a linguist so i understand the intricacies which you may not!

Rebirth:


That is the issue with nigeria; people are either afraid or ashamed of their origins. rather than look into the past in search of the realities of their past, they hide under the pretext/pretence of "we are okay where we are", if we never understand the past, the future of our cultures is at risk, never wondered why the Igbo language is the fastest fading of the three major languages of nigeria Every other word in a sentence has english in it. i am a linguist so i understand the intricacies which you may not!

nice try, but i think the most important thing for the igbos now is how to improve their economy/living standard today. when they are more comfortable they can now start researching about where their ancestors came from. no one so far has suggested we came from trees,at least we know we are human beings

grafikdon:

This funny, not because it is hilarious, rather it is the most redundant, irrelevant line in the history of mankind. It's like saying ''A= kangaroo and B= Xylophone.''

but that may be a reflection of the relevance of this thread. absolute bunkum

Rebirth:


That is the issue with nigeria; people are either afraid or ashamed of their origins. rather than look into the past in search of the realities of their past, they hide under the pretext/pretence of "we are okay where we are", if we never understand the past, the future of our cultures is at risk, never wondered why the Igbo language is the fastest fading of the three major languages of nigeria Every other word in a sentence has english in it. i am a linguist so i understand the intricacies which you may not!

how are we ashamed of where we "supposedely came from" if there's no valid proof. Not knowing where we came from has nothing to doing with the language dying. They language is fading because parents are not teaching their children the language or they're just too lazy to do so. Also everyone wants to speak English. Other people in french speaking countries prefer speaking french rather than their native language but are you going to accuse them of not knowing where they came from just because they choose to speak french.

This Igbo language most be very popular for non-igbos to want to study our culture, language, and even marry our women. I wonder what makes Igbo culture so talked about. I almost never see threads about alakuba people on NL.

@ Ogidi

who are the alakuba people?

Igbos are a proud and industrious people with peculiar characteristics, naturally this creates both friends and enemies, hence the large number of threads. Languages are dying because of English all over the world, it is not a peculiarly Nigerian problem. We need to find ways to encourage our language and make the younger people regard it as being cool.

debosky:

@ Ogidi

who are the alakuba people?

Igbos are a proud and industrious people with peculiar characteristics, naturally this creates both friends and enemies, hence the large number of threads. Languages are dying because of English all over the world, it is not a peculiarly Nigerian problem. We need to find ways to encourage our language and make the younger people regard it as being cool.

Forgive my spelling  in Ogidi we call Hausa "alakuba" I'm not sure if it's spelled that way. I know in Imo and some other parts of Igbo paradise  it's arakuba.

It's called alakuba in Imo and abia too but it refers to moslems not Hausas.
Hausas are called ndi awusa

to the poster,let me borrow the words of darfur.

Ebelebe Igba

debosky:

@ Ogidi

who are the alakuba people?

Igbos are a proud and industrious people with peculiar characteristics, naturally this creates both friends and enemies, hence the large number of threads. Languages are dying because of English all over the world, it is not a peculiarly Nigerian problem. We need to find ways to encourage our language and make the younger people regard it as being cool.

it's not a matter of whether the language is cool or not. there are enough young igbo people that would love to speak igbo but they are getting no help from family and friends. and when they do try to speak, they get made fun of because they can't pronounce the words right.

nwando:

It's called alakuba in Imo and abia too but it refers to moslems not Hausas.
Hausas are called ndi awusa

My apologies, writing and reading in Igbo is something I'm not very good at. I thought romeo was Imo state that's why he spelled it arakuba.