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The most commonly-used orthography for Igbo is currently the Onwu (/oŋwu/) Alphabet. It is presented in the following table, with the International Phonetic Alphabet equivalents for the characters:
Igbo Aphabet
(Onwu) |
IPA |
a |
a - car
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b |
b |
gb |
ɓ ~ ɡ͡b |
d |
d |
e |
e - met
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f |
f |
g |
ɡ - go
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gh |
ɣ |
h |
h |
i |
i - jeep
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ị |
ɪ like Turkic ɪ |
j |
ʤ - jeep
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k |
k |
l |
l |
m |
m |
n |
n |
ṅ |
ŋ - thing
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o |
o |
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Igbo Alphabet
(Onwu) |
IPA |
ọ |
ɔ - cop
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p |
p |
kp |
ɓ̥ ~ k͡p |
r |
ɾ |
s |
s |
sh |
ʃ - shame
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t |
t |
u |
u - good
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ụ |
ʊ |
v |
v |
w |
w |
y |
j - like young
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z |
z |
ch, c
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ʧ - choice
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gw |
ɡʷ |
kw |
kʷ
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nw |
ŋʷ |
ny |
ɲ - like French gn |
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