IGBO DIALECTS AND WHERE THEY ARE SPOKEN IN IGBOLAND

1) Arochukwu is an Igbo dialect spoken by the people of Abia state.

2) Ngwa is an Igbo group, constitute the largest and most populous sub-ethnicity, in southeastern Nigeria. They are found in Abia State.

3) Nsukka is an Igbo dialect spoken by the people of Nsukka, Enugu and Kogi states

4) Enuani is an Igbo dialect spoken in Nigeria by the Igbo people of Delta State, Onitsha, Obosi and Ogbaru in Anambra State and Ndoni in Rivers State.

5)Ukwuani (Anioma) is an Igbo dialect. They are found majorly in the Northern part of Delta State and in some parts of Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni local government area of Rivers State, Nigeria.

6) Nkanu is an Igbo dialect spoken by the people of Nkanu in Enugu state…

7) Ogba (also Oba) is an Igbo dialect of the Ogba people of Rivers State.

😎 Afikpo is an Igbo dialect spoken in Ebonyi.

9) Ekpeye is an Igbo dialect of Rivers and ImoStates Nigeria.

10) Mgbo , Mgbolizhia, is an Igbo dialect spoken in Ebonyi state in Nigeria.

11) Ikwerre, is an Igbo dialect spoken primarily by the Ikwerre people who inhabit Rivers State, Nigeria.

12) Ezaa is an Igbo dialect spoken in Ebonyi and Benue states in Nigeria. It forms a dialect cluster with closely related Izii, Ikwo , and Mgbo , though they are only marginally mutually intelligible.

13) Ikwo is an Igbo dialect spoken in Ebonyi state in Nigeria.

14) Ohuhu is an Igbo dialect spoken by the people of Umuahia, Abia state…

15) Owerre is an Igbo dialect spoken by the people of Owerri, Imo state…

16) Ibeku is an Igbo dialect spoken by some people of Owerri and Umuahia in Imo and Abia respectively…

17) Isuama is an Igbo dialect spoken in by the emacipated slaves from Igbo Origin in Sierra Leone…

18) Afikpo is an Igbo dialect spoken by Afikpo in Ebonyi state…

19) Ohafia is an Igbo dialect spoken by the people of Bende in Abia State…

20) Idemili is an Igbo dialect spoken by the people of Idemili North and south in Anambra state…

21) Mbaise is an Igbo dialect spoken by the people of Mbaise in Imo state…

22) Etche is Igbo dialect spoken by Etche people in IMO and Rivers states

23) Omambala dialect spoken by some people in Anambra and Kogi states.

24) Isobo dialect is spoken in by some people in Cross River

25) Ika dialect spoken by Igbos in Delta and Edo states.

27) Izzi dialect spoken by Igbos in Ebonyi and Benue states

28) Effium dialect spoken by Igbos Ebonyi and Benue states

29) Aguata dialect spoken by Igbos in Anambra

30) Ndoki/Asa dialect spoken by Igbos in Abia, Rivers and Akwa ibom.

31) Edda is an Igbo dialect spoken in Ebonyi.

32) Uturu is an Igbo dialect spoken by Uturu people of Abia State.

33) Abriba is an Igbo dialect spoken in Abia state

34) Opobo and Bonny dialect spoken by Opobo and Bonny people of Rivers

35) Izugbe is the central Igbo lang spoken generally by all Igbo groups..

 

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