Ngwa dialect
Language for Ngwa people
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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]
| Ngwa | |
|---|---|
| Ásụ̀sụ́ Ṅgwà | |
| Pronunciation | [ŋɡʷa] |
| Native to | Ngwa |
| Region | Southeastern Nigeria |
| Ethnicity | Ngwa people |
Native speakers | (1.8 million cited 1979) |
| Dialects | Abala-Ibeme |
| Latin (Önwu alphabet) Nwagu Aneke script Igbo Braille | |
| Official status | |
| Regulated by | Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture (SPILC) |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | ngwa1247 |
Writing system
| Upper case | A | B | CH | D | E | F | G | GB | GH | GW | H | HN | HW | I | Ị | J | K | KP | KW | L | M | N | Ṅ | NW | NY | O | Ọ | P | R | S | SH | T | U | Ụ | V | W | Y | Z |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lowercase | a | b | ch | d | e | f | g | gb | gh | gw | h | hn | hw | i | ị | j | k | kp | kw | l | m | n | ṅ | nw | ny | o | ọ | p | r | s | sh | t | u | ụ | v | w | y | z |
| IPA phonemes | a | b | t͡ʃ | d | e | f | g | ɡ͡ɓ~ɓ | ɣ | ɡʷ | ɦ | ɦn | ɦw | i | ɪ̙ | d͡ʒ | k | k͡p~ɓ̥ | kʷ | l | m | n | ŋ | ŋʷ | ɲ | o | ɔ̙ | p | ɹ~ɾ | s | ʃ | t | u | ʊ̙ | v | w | j | z |
The Ngwa dialect shares a similar alphabet with the Igbo but with additional letters.[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⟩.