Realtalk20:

That's how yesterday one of them was telling me that we Bini people are Yoruba and under them.

There is something somewhere.
How can a whole tribe feel so insecure

DSC7:
One of the reasons i find it difficult to speak Igala

Khastro:

The reason is b/c they're related to Yoruba?

delpee:


Really? Though I see the Igalas are close to the upper parts of Enugu and Anambra on the map.

nogragra:

The will soon regret the so called association because after the divide of Nigeria igbos will finish them with subtle genocide. The evil fulani is just learning work when we talk of igbo evil. When it happened say you were told.

EdwardRandy:

I've bn in your shoes and the truth is you will always have that suspicion in your mind, especially any day you guys will quarrel and she's on the phone with some guy you don't know.

Mindlog:
And I think they are also part of Enugu and Anambra states

ariesbull:
nobody wants to be associated with yoruba....



Igbo genocide.... That is laughable

aribisala0:
Need to be right syndrome

That is your diagnosis
Note I did not engage you on the Igala thing AT ALL

I am talking about YOU

Olu317:
I do know you didnt engage me based on Igala history but attention seeking where it is not valued. If you kept wondering reason I know a little,then you erred.

A-ri ìbi-sá-là be humble to learn. There is no supremacy tussle on NL. Atleast not in my school of thought.

There are numerous information on NL which lot of you accept as truth but are pratically false. You see, when you seek the wisdom of elders of ageless, you become wise.

Cheers

aribisala0:
I just observed your quarrelsome mode of communication. Like you have internal quarrel. Even when you are alone there is quarrel. Quarrel dey travel with you day and night. Fix it

Mujtahida:

Igala language is not even close to idoma at all despite the geographical proximity between the two. When yoruba is spoken, I understand a lot of words but idoma apart from the Anya, I understand zilch.

nogragra:

Then why are the whole worthless species of igboland in yoruba land? we don't need yall evil doers in our midst go to your land locked biafra. where you will gnash your teeth. No wonder hasa fulanis kills you and chased you away, south south don't want anything to do with you not even middle belt even overseas people don't want yall because of your criminality. You dare have the effontry to turn to the darling people of the world the Yorubas what a riffraff you are.

samonak:

I am Idoma and my mum is part Igala, so I should know better, there a lot of similar words in Idoma and Igala. Both languages also bear the similar names.

shortIGBOman:


The entire Anambra is IGALA ancestral State, half of Enugu is also Igala. Most of those wealthy people you see as Igbo are actually Igala. The IGALA in Anambra and Enugu are actually richer than the Igbo who live in those areas

The reason why the Igala embrace Igbo language is that, Igbo language is the language of trade in that Region. Just like Hausa is that language of trade in the North. Which forced other minorities in that region to speak Hausa.

RedboneSmith:


A whole lot of gibberish.

scholes0:


That is why an Igala, Ekiti, Ondo, Itsekiri, Ijesha person will instantly interpret the title of Teni's popular single "Uyo Meyo" without breaking sweat, but your average Lagosian or Ibadan Yoruba will still be asking if that is even Yoruba language.
That is why the vocabulary of Igala is closer to that of the eastern dialects but with heavy mutations due to contact with Idoma and Igbo.

scholes0:

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Olu317:
Oduduwa did not go any Igala that is not over 1200 years. The oduduwa that had died before AD.

leunseyis:

Who said go? Refrase your sentence bro

AlphaTaikun:

The Aworis of Lagos, Ogun and Benin Republic are pure Yorubas and have never denied being so. Go and get yourself educated before coming online NEXT TIME and find out the meaning of "Awo" as a pre-fix in Yoruba language. Awolowo, Awogboro, Awori, Awotunde, and more.


Just In : How Ooni Of Ife Hosts Awori People At Ife

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_RznT1dFcg
Viable Tv · 8 Dec 2018

=> https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/12/ooni-hosts-awori-people-celebrates-olofin-ogunfunminire/


=> https://tribuneonlineng.com/when-ooni-hosted-awori-people-at-ile-ife-celebrated-olofin-ogunfunminire/


=> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territories_of_the_Awori


=> https://www.pulse.ng/lifestyle/food-travel/awori-people-a-brief-history-and-belief-of-the-original-indigenes-of-lagos/chjn7zt#:~:text=The%20Awori%20is%20a%20tribe,State%20and%20Lagos%20State%2C%20Nigeria.


The Awori is a tribe of the Yoruba people speaking a distinct dialect of the Yoruba language. And they are presently found in both Ogun State and Lagos State, Nigeria. 27 Jun 2022


Second, the Igala Yoruboid words you see in Ibo language was introduced into Iboland by the Igalas [and Igala bloodlines exist in Anambra, Enugu, and Delta States] just like the red chieftaincy cap Ibos wear is NOT native to Ibos but was introduced by the Igalas into Nsukka area. It then spread to other parts of the Ibo area. The red cap is indigenous to the Middle-Belt of Nigeria. Even the Yorubas of Kwara and Kogi States wear the red chieftaincy caps.


Igala-associated communities also exist in places such as Nri, Umueri, Aguleri, Asaba, Illah, Nsuka and more.

RedboneSmith:


These similarities are because they've been neighbours for centuries and have mixed and borrowed from one another. Lexically, Igala is still closer to Yoruba by far than to Idoma. The closeness between Igala and Yoruba are so much so that experts believe they both separated from a common language stock.

leunseyis:

Who said go. Refrase your sentence bro

leunseyis:

Who said go. Refrase your sentence bro

samonak:

I am Idoma and my mum is part Igala, so I should know better, there a lot of similar words in Idoma and Igala. Both languages also bear the similar names.

Maryam1234:

I will advise you open your own thread and educate us the more rather than countering what's already stated.We are eager to learn about the perspectives you're coming from A friend of mine, called my attention to this thread.She's from Ondo State but Igala by ancestry;she found something interesting about my native name yesterday and she thinks I'm more Yoruba than Igala.I have to let her know that my name Keju is an abreviation of Alikeju,her dad's name is Akeju and her brother abbreviates it as Keju,such a twist. She's telling me I'm bearing her surname Lolz.

akunjohn:




You nailed it, sometimes ago around 1994 to 1996,I was posted to Idah for a road projects with my friends from Ibadan and before we left that place, we've mastered the language very well...they always call us omoyaji...
My colleagues even got married there.
The good old days

shortIGBOman:


The entire Anambra is IGALA ancestral State, half of Enugu is also Igala. Most of those wealthy people you see as Igbo are actually Igala. The IGALA in Anambra and Enugu are actually richer than the Igbo who live in those areas

The reason why the Igala embrace Igbo language is that, Igbo language is the language of trade in that Region. Just like Hausa is that language of trade in the North. Which forced other minorities in that region to speak Hausa.