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Ngwa dialect
Language for Ngwa people From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Ngwa dialect is an Igboid language spoken primarily by the Ngwa people of Abia state in south eastern Nigeria.[1]
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Writing system
The ngwa dialect shares similar alphabets with the Igbo but with additional alphabet.[1][2][3]
The tones are indicated with diacritics:
- the high tone is indicated by the absence of a diacritic:⟨a, e, ẹ, i, ị, o, ọ, u, ụ⟩ ;
- the low tone is indicated with the grave accent : ⟨à, è, ẹ̀, ì, ị̀, ò, ọ̀, ù, ụ̀⟩ ;
- the falling tone is indicated with the circumflex accent : ⟨â, ê, ệ, î, ị̂, ô, ộ, û, ụ̂⟩ ;
- the downstep is indicated with the macron : ⟨ā, ē, ẹ̄, ī, ị̄, ō, ọ̄, ū, ụ̄⟩.
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