Igbo Language may go extinct

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The Minister of Labour and Productivity, Chukwuemeka Wogu, has said a recent report by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) that the Igbo language might become extinct in the next 50 years is worrisome and calls for prompt attention.

Mr. Wogu, who represented President Goodluck Jonathan, stated this in an address at the second International Conference on the Extinction of the Igbo language in Owerri, Imo State.

“Until the shocking revelation that Igbo language may go into extinction in the next 50 years, most of us had thought that [the] Igbo language enjoyed a high level of scholarship,” he said.

Mr. Wogu blamed parents for downplaying the language and called on stakeholders to look inwards for solutions.

“I am of the view that neither the school system nor the Diaspora factor is responsible for this problem, for if they were, other major Nigerian languages would be suffering the same fate. That this is not the case tells the Igbo to look inwards for the solution,” he said.

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Posted: at 20-07-2010 05:56 PM (14 years ago) | Addicted Hero

RUBBISH TOTAL RUBBISH!!!

how on earth would they be conducting researches about the IGBOs in a different environment? i believe most of those stupid researches took place maybe in Lagos or even outside Nigeria..  i strongly believe this is a propaganda to find what they would use to tarnish the image of the Igbo nation.

they should go to the Igbo land and see things for their selves...  even the little children everywhere all speaks the language.  u ll hardly hear a different language there even English except on a rare occasions or perhaps in some major towns like Onitsha, Enugu and Owerri.. but then, even in those areas the predominant languages there is Igbo.

Now what would they say about places like Lag, ABJ and PH where the predominant languages re ENGLISH. cos these re the only areas in Nigeria where we have a complete mixture of different races.  why haven't their researches in those areas told them yet that the indigenous languages of people from these areas will go into extinction in the next 50yrs?  hssssssssssssssssssss.

If united nations or whatever they re called have run out of what to do, then they had better go and concentrate their effort in places like Iraq and Agfan where them in conjunction with USA and their allies out of their greed re trying to wipe out the people from those areas from the face of the earth.   they should not even instigate any of those rubbish here in Nigeria.

Posted: at 20-07-2010 11:43 PM (14 years ago) | Hero

I WUNT BLAME ONLY SCHOOLS FOR THE PROBLEM WITH IGBO LANGUAGE.
I WILL BLAME PARENTS MOSTLY. EVERY PARENT WANT HIS CHILD TO SPEAK GRAMMAR. COMMUNICATION AT HOME IS DONE IN ENGLISH. AT SCHOOL ENGLISH OFCOURSE, WHY WUNT THE LANGUAGE GO EXTINCTION. SOME TIMES INTER TRIBAL MARRIAGE. THIS HAS BEEN COMMON AMONG THE IGBOS, AM SAD AT THIS SO MUCH

Posted: at 21-07-2010 08:48 AM (14 years ago) | Newbie

mostly parents are to be blame, they are the cause of all these rubbish,they saw it local whenever  their child speaks Igbo

Posted: at 21-07-2010 11:18 AM (14 years ago) | Upcoming

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Posted: at 21-07-2010 03:28 PM (14 years ago) | Gistmaniac

 

my brother the guy mumu too much ooo.... lol

Posted: at 22-07-2010 12:23 AM (14 years ago) | Hero

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Posted: at 22-07-2010 08:25 AM (14 years ago) | Hero

I beg ,,,,,,,,,,,

Posted: at 22-07-2010 12:11 PM (14 years ago) | Newbie

 Baba wen dey 4 up no go let dis happen.
well, i know say heaven help those wen
help themselves.
Shei!!!!  o ga eme.tufiaaaaa.
abeg umunna and umunne,make una try do
 something.
this story no funny oooooo!!!!!!.
make i hear say in d next 50yrs my
language no exist again i no go funny
at all oooooo!!!!!!!
   

Posted: at 22-07-2010 03:30 PM (14 years ago) | Newbie

OTU A KA ODI. NA SO IBI

Posted: at 23-07-2010 11:19 AM (14 years ago) | Upcoming