Item people speak Igbo with a special dialect. Some of the unique words are dede or oko (used in addressing any senior male other than one’s father), mmo (used in addressing a senior female other than one’s mother); Nnawo – Nnenyi iborla. Jokwa (hello, how are you), and nnawo (good morning) are commonly expressed.It may be worthy of noting that in the greater part of the Igbo dialect, Ji means yam. However, in Item Ji means husband. Yam is called Ndi.COMMON NAMES: Ogbonnaya, Nnanna, Nnenna, Ada, Ori, Okereke, Okoronkwo, Okoroafor, Okorie, Kalu, Agwu, Oyidiya, Mgbafo, Eke, Uguru are very common names in Item.