The Ijaw tribe is made up of 86 Clans from Apoi West Clan to Ibeno Clan that comprises the Ijaw Nati

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The Ijaw tribe is made up of 86 Clans from Apoi West Clan to Ibeno Clan that comprises the Ijaw Nation from edge to edge.
The Ijaw Nation have over 2000 villages and settlements that are under the 86 Clans with Egbema Clan being the single largest Ijaw Clan with over 350 villages and settlements.
The second single largest Ijaw Clan is Arogbo Clan.

There are 4 different words that are most common in the naming of these over 2000 villages and settlements that form the communities of the prestigious Izon tribe.
From the most used one to the next in line among the 4 top ones are as follows:

1. *AMA* : This is the most common word one will find in the names of Ijaw villages and settlements.

Examples are Kaiama, Kpakiama, Abalama, Boama, Azama, Liama etc.

2. GBENE* : Gbene is the second most seen word in the names of Ijaw communities.
Examples are Torugbene, Ogbagbene, Lalagbene, Orugbene, Ekogbene, Decubagbene etc.

3. BIRI : Biri comes next in line.
Examples are
Asamabiri, Olugbobiri, Ogobiri, Aleibiri, Elemebiri, Ogboinbiri etc.

4. *WARI* : On the most used words in naming Ijaw communities, Wari comes 4th.
Examples are Ondewari, Eniwari, Ekperiwari, Ogbosuwari, Tawari, Igbainwari etc.

Others are there too but these are the most used words that few have noticed.

People learn everyday.
The Ijaw in us is our identity.

Thank you all.
IJAW REPUBLIC

@GENERAL DITARI.

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