Mixed Race Kid Raised Abroad Spotted Speaking Fluent Igbo With His Grandmother (TRENDING VIDEO)

A viral video of a mixed-race boy speaking fluent Igbo language with his grandmother has warmed the hearts of many online users.
The boy, whose father is Igbo and mother is a foreigner, was raised abroad.
He was taught to speak Igbo and a video of him speaking it fluently with the right Owerri accent has earned him praise from viewers.
In the video, he is heard telling his grandma that he does his chores diligently.
He said Maria is the first daughter and should be the one cooking, but he ends up doing the cooking as though he is “Jacob and his mother”.
Likening himself to Jacob amused those listening to him.
The boy added that he sweeps the house but Maria doesn't and chooses to play instead. The boy's mother and siblings can also be seen in the clip.
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[@alexanderroyce1]

This Boy is one in a billion, kudos to his Dad👍🏽

[@christianaayanniyi9880]

Fluent Owerri dialect spoken by the young man. Kudos must go to the Father.

[@ikennastevenweke3457]

Not Owerri, umunneochi or orumba.

[@A-fg7ov]

Igbo must be retained!!!!❤

[@adaezeokafor4331]

1000%+

[@fedimbowen3203]

IGBO is a Blood ... and will always run in our body ... NNA IGBO AMAKA

[@joyceadenekan5672]

@@fedimbowen3203 every dialect or language must be retained. My children speak understand and speak Yoruba, is what you instill in your children from young. I cry for my people in Nigeria 🇳🇬, l went home to Nigeria my sister children don't understand Yoruba and my children l was speaking my language to them .

[@mhizummy2091]

Yes ❤ Igbo is my religion and my blood

[@ernestmwape]

That boy is a good narrator; seemed a hint at comedy too😂

[@alphazolax1843]

He said that He can even cook , that He cooks like jacob and his mother , for him to make that connection tells you how deep the boy understand things

[@Dilove522]

😂😂😂😂😂 like jacob and his mother.

[@ogoombaka2022]

It is also a bridge between the generations as the boy is able to have a direct communication with the grandmother without one person interpreting between them.

[@flyingdove8995]

Not Owerri but Umunze dielet... But kudos to father of the children..

[@bass7036]

Are you from umunze

[@Nyeres_foods]

Exactly... Orumba dialect

[@iheanyi1]

@@Nyeres_foods And proves Chinua Achebe right. It is easier to learn and be fluent in a specific dialect than the central or mixed Igbo we speak these days. Teach a boy uno and expect him to understand it is the same with uyo or ulo

[@daveo2431]

Eeh, really? Very interesting. I'm no expert, but from my perception of Igbo patterns, it sounded a lot like how Isuama people talk. Of course, I'm sure you are right.

[@nnebedaniel1494]

Parents please teach your children our local languages They will surely learn the English language in school or outside with their friends.lets stop being embarrassed by our own very language.

[@abena410]

Beautiful discussion ladies. When I was younger, I never understood why Afrikan immigrants did not teach/speak their native languages with their children. The Asian and Spanish immigrants ALWAYS spoke their languages with their children. So, glad to hear that thoughts are changing on the Continent. ❤🖤💚

[@princessbee2522]

That's done out the country but here in nigeria we don't allow our kids to speak native language I think it's inferiority complex please go watch some videos about Yoruba pikin you will be amazed 😂

[@elongaabigail8636]

African

[@elongaabigail8636]

​@@princessbee2522🙄🙄🙄🤨🤨🤨

[@joseph.a.5166]

This boy made my day, unlike some people here who brought their children from Nigeria, these children could not speak their local dialects again. Let's make them feel that our local languages are superior to English. God bless Nigeria.

[@godisfaithful9134]

I am not a nigerian but I can’t stop watching that boy. Our kids can’t even have a proper conversation with their grandparents or other family members who can’t speak French or English. I feel so proud of that boy and ashamed of myself😢

[@najohnson8165]

I am a nigerian and my wife but my children can not speak my language I am so ashamed

[@nwokoyevincent7201]

The child spoke even better than those in the village.

[@kenphil1107]

I swear

[@oseyomonjoy1204]

I'm not Igbo but I'm over impressed.

[@africanmindsetseries]

The fact that we are becoming self aware and discussing this a great step. We must value our own culture and language, and teach our kids.

[@AyisatAmope-qd5hx]

I love dis..........My elder brother his wife & thier kids who resides in canada always speaks Yoruba fluently ❤ bcus my brother compel them to speak their local language.......Each time i call, they speaks yoruba fluently wit me 💕

[@graceolayemi2618]

Even those who have never been outside Nigeria are proud when they say they can't speak their native language. You blame the parents though. Some of them think the child won't speak good English if they speak their native language to them.

[@oluj1]

You are point. I don't know who speaking English makes rich. Most of Nigeria singers are making waves singing with our language and see how they are making it. Na photocopy go kill us.

[@mobo204]

Kudos guys we need more of this

[@norye4300]

This is so, so important! No matter where we go, English is never our language? Thanks to GOD! I have a mixed-race daughter, and she speaks fluent IGBO! Even when We're out and she speaks IGBO, those who are Igbos will begin to wounder, and even ask how she does it. And it gives me great joy. Let's not throw away out ruth for the sake of someone's else language! Like in the UK, most parents have lost it not teaching their children their dialects? They'll just get lost in another man's country, but their own dialects from their ruth brings them home and they're not lost in another man's country with no identity! May we not lack wisdom! There's northing as beneficial as your own language!!

[@edithdiji4211]

This is wonderful, young parents to note

[@temiladealamudun5063]

Much needed discussion in Nigeria and among Nigerians in Diaspora and at home 👏👏👏👏❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@chinwemaduka2430]

This guy is quite sharp and a very good orator. He clearly presented his arguments convincingly. Brilliant indeed.🎉🎉❤❤😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@UmehNk-qo2jn]

He is in tune with his root He is the son of the soil

[@ZinebSourmaho]

My children are mixed race, but they don't speak Ibo. Dede watching from Barcelona Spain.

[@ephraimsondoyi9966]

I am a Zambian 🇿🇲 who was brought up in the city in my early childhood and my parents didn't teach me how to speak any local language including our own. Later when i was a teen my parents shifted back to our village and now I'm in my mid twenties and i speak my mother tongue fluently.

[@kosisochukwucyril2941]

My brother From anambra umunze precisely

[@isiomachigbolu1622]

Absolutely beautiful to see that young boy speak fluent Owerri dialect, Igbo language,absolutely amazing, his father thought him well , it is sad to see children either born in Nigeria or abroad not being able to speak any Nigerian language, your language and your culture makes your a complete identity, a real African , if you say you are Nigerian or African but don’t speak the language, how then can you claim to be African or Nigerian, you have black Americans envious of Africans because we speak the language while they don’t , and now you have Nigerians , even those in Nigeria who don’t speak the languages, this has to be corrected immediately, our language makes us real Nigerians, real Africans and we have to be proud of it

[@chrismoore9321]

Owerri can you ask questions before talking

[@user-qq5sn5fq5r]

That's isuochi / umunze language

[@postgraduate2327]

Kai, I love this. God bless his Dad.

[@joychigo1952]

Omo🎉🎉🎉not just normal Igbo but their indigenous language which is beautiful to hear

[@Profitips]

Kudos to his parents smart boy God bless you

[@nmesomaemmanuel5012]

... love this!😊

[@b.c.34]

Wonderful ....Nwannem nwoke spoke well far better than me.... I will learn my language ( including writing ) Igbo well....

[@effiifeanyi7704]

Very powerful conversation with a lot of honesty. We must bring up our children to be proud of their heritage ✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿

[@Willow-cw9te]

As a Yoruba person who grew up in Lagos, I didn’t grow up speaking Yoruba. I learnt it in my teens when I left Nigeria because I knew I wanted my future kids to speak it. My parents supported me and didn’t act weird when I started trying to speak Yoruba to them (That is also a big problem! a lot of parents and elders start acting like it’s abnormal when these kids want to start learning, it is really discouraging to the kids. If you treat them the same way you do when they speak English, they will want to keep speaking their language) I didn’t speak Yoruba until I left Nigeria and now I’m in my 20’s and I can speak it because my parents keep speaking Yoruba to me the way we spoke English. Please Nigerian parents, teach your kids their languages, it is so good for their confidence and sense of Identity. Kids can be bilingual, their English will not be affected. I still speak proper English. I have family in America my age who have American accents and speak both languages with proper Yoruba tone. Bilingualism is a thing.

[@varietystudio2000]

Thank you. Well said.

[@user-xu3lk4ec7y]

Wonderful. This is what I've been advocating from long ago

[@chiomaebere6245]

I love this so much

[@phlintify]

This was a great session ... great job ladies!

[@obinnaokafor6252]

This is really amazing.

[@louisanyimigbo8164]

God bless you ada asaba

[@chimakalu41]

I love this episode. ❤

[@EuniceOsunde-fx6fb]

Wow amazing ❤❤❤❤

[@rosemachi5695]

I love igbos

[@ezimorahajokegrace725]

Wonderful discussion

[@johnnwa-mazi7538]

The father to those children tried a lot he's a proud dad, like my younger brother in the USA with his family his children speaks only igbo at home they there not speak English under his roof that was an instruction from their father they are free to speak English in school or elsewhere but not at home..so any child that can't speak his/her native language the parents were the cause I have even seen some parents saying that their children can't speak Igbo and they are proud saying it.

[@varietystudio2000]

It's the pride for me. Like, how can u be proud of your child not being able to speak their native tongue 😢

[@jamesagba8604]

You hit the nail on the head. Any child who can't speak his/her native language should ask the parents.

[@ngoziabara8806]

God bless you my kids. I am so proud of you.

[@user-bj6xj4lx1r]

I love this conversation

[@studiostudioline7487]

Beautiful discussion

[@dorcas2330]

Maria no even answer😂

[@chidirimunma]

Nna Biko mere m ya got me😂

[@adeyanjuuyoyo7009]

I am in awe of this young boy, hope his siblings are like this too.

[@adedolapoogundeko8602]

I speak Yoruba, Pidgin, English, a little bit of French and German (thanks to Duolingo). However I still feel cheated that I can't speak Hausa and Igbo fluently. After studying these 2 languages in addition to Yoruba for 3 years: from JS 1 to 3. Which begs the question, how do we teach languages in Nigeria? We were taught Hausa & Igbo without any literature: stories, drama or even poetry. We didn't hear/see any local music or movie in these languages. No road trips to practise speaking. Imagine my disappointment when I was posted to Imo State and I couldn't speak basic Igbo. But I could understand a little. Language is a legacy that must be passed on to the next generation. It helps with problem solving. I can't count the number of times Yoruba proverbs have helped me solve fundamental problems and how I am encouraged by the deep wisdom they carry. We have a lot of work to do!

[@FeliciaEkanem-pm1uz]

Wow The boy speak so well no American accent in it😮😮😮😮

[@sunny-xu6vz]

Excellent!

[@feliciaebere8708]

Nice one

[@JoyFay]

Dami is such a delightful addition

[@adaezeokafor4331]

Yes!

[@chinyereagbai5999]

The boy is amazing

[@theafricanjumbee4057]

Nice topic

[@judejude7132]

Oh my God ❤

[@damolaakinola568]

Beautiful discussion, i am still angry with those teachers who beat me speaking Yoruba in secondary school then. Mehn I chop beaten back then, I am always in the list of speaking Yoruba.

[@evangelvickie2091]

😂😂😂😂 Bright Chimezie

[@hembafanachiligh2928]

😂😂 Just forgive them oo.

[@dayoadebayo5687]

It has been proven scientifically that children under 7-8 years can understand up to 7 languages, so we loose out when we do not teach children their mother - tongue or local dialects in those early years and instead speak to them in English, French, Spanish etc. we need to learn from our Asian friends both home and abroad, they will teach their children their language, our Hausa people do the same too. Happy this discussion is coming up now.

[@alvanalvino]

That kid’s parents did their homework perfectly. That means there is an Igbo grandmother and extended family around that child abroad.

[@scintillant1525]

Nigerians that have both same language parents and surrounded by their own people still don't speak their languages

[@alvanalvino]

@@scintillant1525 Because we used to be beaten in school everyday of our childhood to not speak our languages. In my school day the Africa hair was seen as bad. But it grows on our heads, we couldn’t get rid of it. They beat us to cut them regularly. I cut mine weekly until I started to rebel after puberty. They punish us when we speak our languages. It was called vernacular. Only European languages were better. I hated French, refused to learn it. Got to an age end. I could and walked out of the class: I was my own person even as a child. Our governments and teachers became agents of colonial oppression when the Europeans left. Our parents (some of them and this current generations of parents) participated. Programming and brainwashing will do that to a people. Do you think that if that happened to European children they would not all have mental health issues and serious damages? So try to understand our reality based on our lived experiences before you judge us. We however have these problems. We will overcome it with an aggressive decolonisation program when we finally have good leaders.

[@vicstreams7225]

Shout out to FLAVOUR, PHYNO, NIGGA RAW, FLO DOGG etc Native languages should be strongly upheld

[@paulinenjoku5889]

This is very interesting

[@realiwatisitz]

Wonderful 👏🏿👏🏿All of Alkebulan should not only speak their native languages but should teach their children. I am amazed that they don't 😮.

[@gamingwithkaka2148]

You guys are doing welll my children where born and raise in Germany but they speak igbo welll pls mothers try and speak ur dailect to them it helps

[@adamakablog7931]

Not Owerri but Umunze in Anambra.

[@ernestenujuba6875]

It's similar/same to that spoken in isulo

[@crownjohnson8153]

Igbos are waking up now i guessed Yorubas never let their language and heritage go. 😅😅😅

[@thomism1016]

Good boy❤️! He still has some European traits, pointing his finger at his grandma 🤓🤓🤓

[@anurikaonyejiuwa2939]

Ifeanyi uba, onyeocha nnaya di oji

[@iheanyi1]

Proves Chinua Achebe right. It is easier to learn and be fluent in a specific dialect than the central or mixed Igbo we speak these days. Teach a boy uno and expect him to understand it is the same with uyo or ulo

[@damolaakinola568]

I did not have that experience because I attended both private and public schools in my primary school then. I can speak both languages very well, but secondary school I love speaking my dialects.

[@ndukaanyim6466]

Beecee na Nwanyi Ocha you meet for Plane

[@user-kv1jg3rq2x]

I'm also Igbo and when I was younger my mom didn't allow us to speak pidgin or any other language except English,now that we are grown and people are asking her why we can't speak Igbo she made it a must to speak no other language but Igbo, I'm honestly fed up😂😂

[@preciousashimole6507]

That's was good, only my first child do understand of lgbo but repond to me in English we parents are trying

[@onyifrancis7422]

Pls let's try and promote our language

[@norye4300]

We all think speaking English is the greates of all? Sometime! But whatever GOD has created is perfect! So let's appreciate our dialects and teach our growing children!

[@drkadoon]

We need to he very deliberate and intentional about retaining our culture. We do our best to speak our dialect TIV at home and not English.

[@ndamonahashali2983]

A week ago attended a day for international languages event. The importance was preservation of native languages. I think people should at all cost try and speak in their native especially to children so our languages do not fade. Everyday a native language is lost, so we should do all we can to protect our languages abroad

[@irenebotchway7617]

I’m a Ghana But to be honest I live ❤❤in

[@chimakalu41]

1:27 Props to the little man

[@stelconfidencepublishers4300]

Am igbo and i speak igbo 💯 % and yoruba 💯% abd i grew up in yorubaland

[@bukolaadebayo1891]

Since how many years ago oyinbo don comot for una county?

[@baronesslizzy8428]

My mum insisted that I raise my daughter only speaking English. She is now 28 and reminds me EVERY DAY how I have distanced her from her heritage by not teaching her Yoruba. Never mind she is learning via Davido, Kizz Daniel, Asake etc 😂😂😂😂

[@krisken3944]

That's Umunze, Anambra dialect.

[@josepineegodibie8107]

Wow. This is great. God bless your father for a very good job. Yet, our people are here and can't speak their native tongues. They are busy teaching their children phonetics shunning their mother tongues. I pity this generation for abandoning their mother tongues.

[@YnOt-4]

Biko Bici... onye wu "mix breed" eh? Owu mix race.

[@kwameopoku3576]

Wat nonsense

[@stelconfidencepublishers4300]

Oh i ve seen this fanuiy he was feeding his grand mom Feeding her franby fufu with the younger sister

[@ritachima4723]

My landlady here in Enugu speaks English with her children that are mainly adults. There are families that have never crossed head bridge but their kids can’t speak their language😢

[@ginikalove3877]

This is pure UMUNZE dialect.

[@Nadoches]

If your kids can speak good English, why can’t a mixed kid speak Ibo?

[@chimakalu41]

👍🏾👍🏾

[@roxyify7589]

Point of correction : that language is Umunze in Anambra State not Imo State Secondl

[@ehidonyechukwuebukadarling1729]

Nothing like Imo state language. That language is spoken partly in Imo and Anambra

[@ernestenujuba6875]

Not just Umunze.Orumba south and large portion of Orumba North speak in this dialect .

[@mhizummy2091]

Igbo bu Igbo simple

[@abiodunoladejo7426]

I'm a first generation Yoruba, girl raised in England in the mid 60's, then our parents, school of thought was....when in Rome do as the Romans....English only spoken in the home. Only parents conversing in Yoruba amongst themselves and their friends.

[@DominicaTraditionalWear]

Life is so interesting. In the archives all slaves brought to the Caribbean islands were given European names. We bemoan the fact and criticise the colonials, because we are unable to even trace our ancestry. French and english pidgin languages were developed on the islands which we as children were not encouraged to speak. Africa must not allow this to happen.

[@chidieberechukwu8329]

Please lets have this conversation again and again. Its embarrassing that we are losing our culture for another culture. Lets all work together to go back to our root.

[@modupeolaarowolo1729]

For me I give it to the Igbos from personal experience, I observed that inspite of the vernacular thing, in their homes, they maintain their language. They speak it to their kids at home.

[@nnamdinwoye7698]

For us Igbos we think yorubas are better at speaking and teaching their kids their language

[@gbengaolaniyan6392]

​@nnamdinwoye7698 igbos are better than yorubas in teaching their children about our 😊indigenous language. Some yorubas always see you as a local person when you are speaking your indigenous language.

[@nedgrg6800]

@@gbengaolaniyan6392that’s really discouraging 😢

[@suliyatqomorudeen9634]

Still saying this, learning our history may be hard but it's interesting. Leaving out the insincerity of everyone aside the govt, Africa is beautiful

[@SkyBams-pn9se]

I speak English, Yoruba, Hausa and little bit french......Omo I am proud of my identity though I feel cheated cos I can't speak igbo

[@enochgoodness]

A lady raised abroad came home for youth service understands Yoruba language from USA, despite been an Igbo from IMO state.because she has Yoruba friends in USA.

[@user-pf3uj2hf3y]

Black Americans are always intrigued and excited when they hear Nigerian Americans speak their native languages.It's also inferiority complex that make some people want to speak with American or British accents

[@Olivia_W]

Thank you!

[@mhizummy2091]

Exactly Makachi

[@user-kv1jg3rq2x]

I was also bullied in school for my height and body