Novoh

Finding meaning in books, data & charts. Urhobo by birth | Agnostic by reason | Reader by habit | Weeb by heart | Data Analyst for the bag.

[Novoh @ThatRogueweeb]

@Rahul18082007 @DatBarrackgurl But you still support him even though he was accused of rape.

[Hazel Kaizoku @meister_kwame]

The “two GOATs” narrative is similar to the king Solomon story in the Bible

The other woman knew the child wasn’t hers so she was okay with king Solomon splitting it 😂😂😂

[Elizalde @ProTraderX619]

Argentina 🇦🇷 vs Paraguay 🇵🇾 in qualifiers, a foul was committed on a Paraguay player and and Argentina proceeded to score after series of long passes.

VAR cancelled Lionel Messi goal because they was a foul far back in the build up to that goal, since possession wasn’t lost.

[Bros Iwi @TooSiQ]

CAF 2024 Semi-Final: Nigeria Vs South Africa

This was hailed as the correct way to use VAR. Fast forward to 2026, same situation, and people are writing think pieces...

[Novoh @ThatRogueweeb]

@Nsukka_okpa Na you nor just pay attention for class

[Novoh @ThatRogueweeb]

@StanIhuoma @ChuksEricE Like it's surprising how so many people are failing that grasp that.

[Novoh @ThatRogueweeb]

@mayoroflagNLG @shankorashidi Ijaws are one of the oldest tribes in Nigeria, small education go do you good.

[Novoh @ThatRogueweeb]

@AmoasahPat84067 @ShitpostRock2 None of your response makes sense

[Novoh @ThatRogueweeb]

In their defence they have never claimed to all benevolent and omnipotent.

[Yẹmí—Ìdàmú Ànọ́bí. @KR3Wmatic]

Where were the African deities during slavery? Drinking gin as usual.

[Novoh @ThatRogueweeb]

@Biggest_MJ @iamBigChops The pikin fit nor give you peace of mind

[Novoh @ThatRogueweeb]

@patryusha @gr8vstheworld @ManuelX9999 Okay👍🏽

[Novoh @ThatRogueweeb]

@AdegbolaEsther7 @dgeneralissimoo Unrelated o, but an atomic bomb is a nuclear bomb.

[Novoh @ThatRogueweeb]

@markessien @oakcha This Is pure ignorance speaking

[Mai & Global Consulting Partners @MaiandGCP]

This is actually a brilliant observation that deserves a proper answer. You are not wrong about what you are seeing. But what you are describing is exactly how languages disappear without anyone noticing.

Adamawa alone has over 40 documented languages. Bura, Vere, Chamba, Gaanda, Lala, Bacchama, Bata, Marghi and more and no they are not variations as you pointed out.

But most of them are slowly being swallowed by Hausa and Fulani because those are the languages of trade, mobility and survival.

So yes, your Borno security guard speaks Shuwa Arabic and your Sokoto okada man speaks Hausa and they understand each other perfectly. That does not mean only one language exists. It means one language won the economic argument. This is what linguists call language assimilation. The dominant language does not erase the others overnight. It just makes them less useful for daily survival until the younger generation stops learning them entirely.

Now here are the facts. Ethnologue, which is the world's most authoritative database on languages, currently documents 520 living indigenous languages in Nigeria alone. Not dialects. Languages. Nigeria has also already lost 12 indigenous languages or more to extinction. Gone forever.

The Middle Belt is where this becomes undeniable. Plateau State alone has over 50 distinct languages. Keyword "Dinstinct".

Benue has Tiv, Idoma, Igede and more. Taraba has communities that cannot understand their neighbours two villages away without a translator. Your Yoruba example actually proves the point perfectly. The fact that a Yoruba person can move across the Southwest and be understood is evidence of one dominant language absorbing regional variations over centuries. That process happened. It is still happening everywhere else in Nigeria right now.

Now I am willing to bet you have never heard of Hyam, Ngas, Mwaghavul, Berom, Amo, Buji, Sura, Anaguta, or Irigwe from Plateau State. Or Kilba, Huba, Bura-Pabir, and Chibok from Borno. Or Mumuye, Jenjo, Yukuben, and Wurkum from Taraba. Or Tur, Nyandang, Kugama and Taram further into the riverine communities nobody talks about. Or what about Igala, Ebira, Bassange, Bassa-Nge, Kakanda and Oworo from Kogi alone. I have not even touched Rivers, Cross River, Bayelsa, Edo, Ondo, or Nasarawa yet. You want to know exactly where each of these is spoken? You will have to tour Nigeria for that. And I promise you, this country will humble you in ways no map ever could. The 500 languages are not cap. Most of them are just quietly dying (Bura has an estimated 11,000 speakers with most young Bura people now not able to speak the language) while we debate whether they exist. And that is the real conversation Nigeria should be having.

[Novoh @ThatRogueweeb]

@patryusha @gr8vstheworld @ManuelX9999 So is Portuguese and Spanish the same language?

[CHIMAOBI 🐅 @chimaobi_saint]

I was a Messi fan when “he needs to win with another club” was the GOAT requirement.

I was a Messi fan when international trophies were the final excuse.

I was a Messi fan when they said he was nothing without Xavi & Iniesta.

I was a Messi fan when his Copa América tears became a global meme.

I was a Messi fan when he finished 5th in the Ballon d’Or rankings after carrying football with goals, assists & a domestic double… just because of one bad World Cup.

I was a Messi fan when every legend could fly with club + country wings, but Messi only had Barcelona.

I was a Messi fan when people mocked his only “international trophy” as a gas canister.

I was a Messi fan when they called him timid because he led with football instead of shouting.

I was a Messi fan when the World Cup was still “the ultimate argument”.

I was a Messi fan when he was judged more for what he hadn’t won than for everything he had conquered.

Now he’s completed football and suddenly it’s “let’s enjoy both goats” 😭

Two goats ke? After all that suffering? Never.
We stood in the trenches. Vawulence continua 🐐

[Novoh @ThatRogueweeb]

@roboticjoey 686396.99

[Jack 🐴 @JPunts97]

Ref surely can’t be giving that as a penalty for Celtic 🤣🤣🤣

No affiliation with any Scottish team me really don’t care who wins it but that’s fishy as fuck

Don’t care who you support where he’s pulled another 3 minutes from and then to give that is mad

Maybe they really don’t want hearts to win it

[Encara @Ankara_M10]

The moment Messi realized he had finally won the World Cup.🇦🇷💙

This was the happiest moment football has ever given me!😭❤️