Learning the alphabets of the igbo people of nigeria(the way it sounds in english)
The igbo/ ibo tribe of nigeria are located in the southern part of nigeria, although we are united by one language , we also have some variations in our dialects.
you can take for example the people from owerri,ebonyi,enugu,abia states e.t.c of the country have some difference in the way the speak their ibo/igbo ,but only one who is a core igbo man could tell the difference between these sets of people.
i wouldnt want to bore us with to many talks about the igbo man and the way he speaks, interacts with the society , today i would want to fiocus more on the alphabets of the igbo people
THE ALPHABETS OF THE IGBO NATION
The alphabets of the igbo people consists of 36 alphabets unlike that of the english aphabets which has 26 letters, and lets see what we have here.
Learn Igbo Letters of the Alphabet
The first thing about learning a language would be the alphabets of the language.
In Igbo Language, there are about 36 letters of the alphabet:
A a B b CH ch D d E e F f G g GB gb GH gh GW gw H h I i Ị ị J j
K k KP kp KW kw L l M m N n Ń ń NW nw NY ny O o Ọ ọ P p R r S s SH sh
T t U u Ụ ụ V v W
we can also to take a count to see if we are right cus i wouldnt want to give a bad information ,
and i would also want to give us an example of how they sound in case we want to pronounce words with it
a= sounds like apple.. b=sounds like bee.. ch= sounds like church or chidinmma in igbo which means God is good. d =sounds like , dig.. e= sounds like ate, or even egg depending on how it was used.. f= sounds like finish..
g =sounds like girl,get.. gb= sounds like Igbo, agbo egbo.. gh= sounds like neighbor , ghetto, gw.. =sounds like gwent
h= sounds like hair..ni =sounds like ear, either, eaglet.. Ị ị = sounds like information, or ifeoma in igbo which means good things... j= sounds like jack.. k= sounds like kernel.. kp =sounds like repute, catapult, markup..
kw= sounds like quote, quick, question.. l=sounds like leg, late, live.. m= sounds like more, mad, male.. n- sounds like no, note, nil.. ń= sounds like rung, gong, song.. nw= sounds like wench.. ny= sounds like Ronny.. o= sounds like orange, owe, oat.. ọ= sounds like Austin,augustine. p= sounds like pay, peas, pocket.. r= sounds like report, reproduce, research..
s= sounds like send, said, sue.. sh= sounds like ship.. t= sounds like thief.. u= sounds likespoon, woof.. ụ =sounds like pork, rock.. v= sounds like vehicle.. w= sounds like welt, way, width.. y= sounds like yeast.. z =sounds like zero..
seeing the information above i would say that the igbo/ibo scholars drafted there own alphabets from the english own because most of the letters are written in english but when used in pronouncing words it varies lets take sight on the English alphabets for a clearer understanding
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z
thanks for the read
