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Latin alphabet used for the Igbo language From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The modern Igbo alphabet (Igbo: Mkpụrụ Edemede Igbo), otherwise known as the Igbo alphabet (Mkpụrụ Edemede Igbo[1]), is the alphabet of the Igbo language, it is one of the three national languages of Nigeria.[2] The modern Igbo alphabet is made up of 36 letters,[3] which includes only a 24-letter set of the ISO basic Latin alphabet minus Q and X, which are not part of Abidịị Igbo. C is not used other than in the digraph 'ch'. The alphabet uses the dot above on the letter Ṅ, and the dot below on Ị, Ọ and Ụ.
There are numerous Igbo dialects, some of which are not mutually intelligible. The standard written form of Igbo is based on the Owerri and Umuahia dialects of Igbo.
A New Standard Orthography has been proposed for Igbo, and it was used, for example, in the 1998 Igbo English Dictionary by Michael Echeruo, but it has not been otherwise widely adopted. In this orthography, diaeresis replaces the dot below (ï ö ü).
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Letters
The 36-letter alphabet is called Mkpụrụ Edemede or Abidịị, featuring 28 consonants (mgbochiume) [clarification needed]and 8 vowels[4] (ụdaume).
Aa IPA: a
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Bb IPA: b
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CHch IPA: t͡ʃ
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Dd IPA: d
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Ee IPA: e
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Ff IPA: f
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Gg IPA: g
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GBgb IPA: ɡ͡ɓ~ɓ
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GHgh IPA: ɣ
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GWgw IPA: ɡʷ
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Hh IPA: ɦ
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Ii IPA: i
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Ịị IPA: ɪ̙
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Jj IPA: d͡ʒ
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Kk IPA: k
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KPkp IPA: k͡p~ɓ̥
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KWkw IPA: kʷ
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Ll IPA: l
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Mm IPA: m
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Nn IPA: n
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Ṅṅ IPA: ŋ
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NWnw IPA: nʷ
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NYny IPA: ɲ
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Oo IPA: o
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Ọọ IPA: ɔ̙
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Pp IPA: p
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Rr IPA: ɹ~ɾ
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Ss IPA: s
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SHsh IPA: ʃ
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Tt IPA: t
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Uu IPA: u
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Ụụ IPA: ʊ̙
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Vv IPA: v
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Ww IPA: w
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Yy IPA: j
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Zz IPA: z
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