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Evidence That The Igbos Are The Oldest Group In The South Lies Along The Coasts by SlayerForever: 4:33pm On Nov 27, 2021
This language map shows what the coast may have looked like perhaps a thousand years ago.

In the map there are 47 languages scattered across the coast. Out of that 47 about 42 were either partly formed from Igbo and other languages or have Igbo descent. This may support the fact that many other tribes met the Igbos on the coast and thus were influenced by the enduring Igbo tongue as they stayed close to the Igbos. Also many were formed by one Igbo ancestor and another non Igbo ancestor. Check Yakurr ethnicity.

If Igbo impacted so much languages it is likely they were the biggest tribe around. Much much much bigger than Nigeria wants people to believe. There is reason to believe that the Igbo tribe occupied an area far and wide into present day Yorubaland. And a recent research by an Igbo linguist Maazi Ogbonna Okoro revealed that the Igbo area still stretches far into Kogi state to the North. If the Igbo area was so large it is only probable that they occupied the nearly the entire coastline down south. Along with the Efik people(another very old tribe). These other small tribes along the coast with languages numbering near 50 probably came around later on from external migrations. Or may have been brought by Igbos from their far journeys in other lands. There is also the possibility they existed in their area all the while with the Igbos but didn't have the vigoristy or influence of the Igbos, and the Igbo wide population spread didnt allow them grow in population much. Those who are big today absorbed a lot of Igbos and it shows in their large number of Igbo speakers today.

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Re: Evidence That The Igbos Are The Oldest Group In The South Lies Along The Coasts by SlayerForever: 4:41pm On Nov 27, 2021
If in doubt of the Igbo language's presence in this other tribes tongue one can carry out an independent investigation to verify this claim.

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Re: Evidence That The Igbos Are The Oldest Group In The South Lies Along The Coasts by PandoraObi: 4:44pm On Nov 27, 2021
Source is BBC






Baby-factory Broadcasting Channel

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Re: Evidence That The Igbos Are The Oldest Group In The South Lies Along The Coasts by Kinematics: 4:55pm On Nov 27, 2021
Another one from ipig miscreants....

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Re: Evidence That The Igbos Are The Oldest Group In The South Lies Along The Coasts by tutudesz: 4:55pm On Nov 27, 2021
Another topic indirectly targeted at Ijaw people undecided

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Re: Evidence That The Igbos Are The Oldest Group In The South Lies Along The Coasts by tutudesz: 4:57pm On Nov 27, 2021
SlayerForever:
If in doubt of the Igbo language's presence in this other tribes tongue one can carry out an independent investigation to verify this claim.
Your obsession with Ijaw people too much O! One Ijaw boy steal your girlfriend grin

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Re: Evidence That The Igbos Are The Oldest Group In The South Lies Along The Coasts by SlayerForever: 4:59pm On Nov 27, 2021
tutudesz:

Your obsession with Ijaw people too much O! One Ijaw boy steal your girlfriend grin


Before God and man I have never met an Ijaw person before.

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Re: Evidence That The Igbos Are The Oldest Group In The South Lies Along The Coasts by SlayerForever: 5:02pm On Nov 27, 2021
itsme01:
No single valid evidence, just writers ignorant opinion like a typical Ibo man who needs to chest beat a little just to boost his low self-esteem

My brother you yourself doesn't even have a credible hearsay to argue with.

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Re: Evidence That The Igbos Are The Oldest Group In The South Lies Along The Coasts by tutudesz: 5:02pm On Nov 27, 2021
SlayerForever:



Before God and man I have never met an Ijaw person before.
You never met a Ijaw person, yet your obsessed with them Is that madness

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Re: Evidence That The Igbos Are The Oldest Group In The South Lies Along The Coasts by Investigative: 5:03pm On Nov 27, 2021
ijaw are not indigenous to Nigeria there were imported from ghana and Togo by Britain ,used to fought igbo who are known to be defiance

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Re: Evidence That The Igbos Are The Oldest Group In The South Lies Along The Coasts by SlayerForever: 5:04pm On Nov 27, 2021
As big as the Yoruba is in the South it does not have as much as 40 languages it has influence on or birthed. I stand to be corrected.

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Re: Evidence That The Igbos Are The Oldest Group In The South Lies Along The Coasts by Kinematics: 5:05pm On Nov 27, 2021
tutudesz:

You never met a Ijaw person, yet your obsessed with them Is that madness

Re: Evidence That The Igbos Are The Oldest Group In The South Lies Along The Coasts by SlayerForever: 5:05pm On Nov 27, 2021
tutudesz:

You never met a Ijaw person, yet your obsessed with them Is that madness


You said an Ijaw stole my wife. I just leaked a secret to you that I have never come across an Ijaw in my entire existence.

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Re: Evidence That The Igbos Are The Oldest Group In The South Lies Along The Coasts by Kinematics: 5:08pm On Nov 27, 2021
SlayerForever:



You said an Ijaw stole my wife. I just leaked a secret to you that I have never come across an Ijaw in my entire existence.



Let me leak another secrete. Ibos are the first tribe in the world to see the Atlantic ocean.

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Re: Evidence That The Igbos Are The Oldest Group In The South Lies Along The Coasts by SlayerForever: 5:08pm On Nov 27, 2021
Kinematics:




Let me give you another secrete. Ibos are the first tribe in the world to see the Atlantic ocean.


Who knows.

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Re: Evidence That The Igbos Are The Oldest Group In The South Lies Along The Coasts by Kinematics: 5:10pm On Nov 27, 2021
SlayerForever:



Who knows.


Ipigs like you know grin

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Re: Evidence That The Igbos Are The Oldest Group In The South Lies Along The Coasts by tutudesz: 5:12pm On Nov 27, 2021

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Re: Evidence That The Igbos Are The Oldest Group In The South Lies Along The Coasts by tutudesz: 5:14pm On Nov 27, 2021
SlayerForever:



You said an Ijaw stole my wife. I just leaked a secret to you that I have never come across an Ijaw in my entire existence.
I said girlfriend, please don't tell me you are married shocked I pity the poor girl and children staying under one roof with you

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Re: Evidence That The Igbos Are The Oldest Group In The South Lies Along The Coasts by SlayerForever: 5:15pm On Nov 27, 2021

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Re: Evidence That The Igbos Are The Oldest Group In The South Lies Along The Coasts by tutudesz: 5:16pm On Nov 27, 2021
SlayerForever:



Hahaha. Ijaw has been on this for nearly 300 years. The Igbo nation is just beginning.
Igbo Nation cheesy more like Drug Addicts Nation grin

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Re: Evidence That The Igbos Are The Oldest Group In The South Lies Along The Coasts by SlayerForever: 5:17pm On Nov 27, 2021
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tutudesz:

I said girlfriend, please don't tell me you are married shocked I pity the poor girl and children staying under one roof with you
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Pity your backward Ijaw bro

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Re: Evidence That The Igbos Are The Oldest Group In The South Lies Along The Coasts by SlayerForever: 5:17pm On Nov 27, 2021
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tutudesz:

Igbo Nation cheesy more like Drug Addicts Nation grin
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Re: Evidence That The Igbos Are The Oldest Group In The South Lies Along The Coasts by tutudesz: 5:19pm On Nov 27, 2021
SlayerForever:




Pity your backward Ijaw bro
Forward Igbo

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Re: Evidence That The Igbos Are The Oldest Group In The South Lies Along The Coasts by tutudesz: 5:20pm On Nov 27, 2021
SlayerForever:


Baby Factory Nation grin

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Re: Evidence That The Igbos Are The Oldest Group In The South Lies Along The Coasts by alanto: 5:26pm On Nov 27, 2021
SlayerForever:
As big as the Yoruba is in the South it does not have as much as 40 languages it has influence on or birthed. I stand to be corrected.
I think it’s the other way round. It’s like America claiming to be ancestors of all the tribes that are in US today because they speak English. Your people were slaves remember and just like the black negros in America carry their masters name until this day. You guys speak your slave masters languages and answer their names. You have been able to form your own language with it like we have broken English, pidgin and Jamaican have their own English. Learn your history from me for free.

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Re: Evidence That The Igbos Are The Oldest Group In The South Lies Along The Coasts by Turbantheigbos: 5:31pm On Nov 27, 2021
The only occasion that brought igbos close to the sea was slavery, when lots of igbos were shipped off the coast as chained slaves. Migration also played a crucial role in spreading their population across the neighborhood who are mostly in minorities. A large population would easily have greater influence over a few.
Therefore,Slavery and migration were largely responsible for igbos settling among the hinterlands.




Al-turbani speaks!

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Re: Evidence That The Igbos Are The Oldest Group In The South Lies Along The Coasts by SlayerForever: 5:33pm On Nov 27, 2021
So this threads are hurting you like this Tutudesz. Lol. Your wahala just start. We will continue. Abua has left. Soon we will divide Bayelsa for you. That time you will know what's up.

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Re: Evidence That The Igbos Are The Oldest Group In The South Lies Along The Coasts by tutudesz: 5:38pm On Nov 27, 2021
SlayerForever:

So this threads are hurting you like this Tutudesz. Lol. Your wahala just start. We will continue. Abua has left. Soon we will divide Bayelsa for you. That time you will know what's up.
Number doesn't matter when it's come to Ijaw people undecided So get that into your drug addict brain undecided
10 Ijaws is better than 100 Igbos, anytime anyday

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Re: Evidence That The Igbos Are The Oldest Group In The South Lies Along The Coasts by SlayerForever: 5:44pm On Nov 27, 2021
tutudesz:

Number doesn't matter when it's come to Ijaw people undecided So get that into your drug addict brain undecided
10 Ijaws is better than 100 Igbos, anytime anyday


Hahahaha

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