{"id":409,"date":"2024-03-20T20:48:22","date_gmt":"2024-03-20T20:48:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/igboapp.com\/?page_id=409"},"modified":"2024-03-21T10:42:34","modified_gmt":"2024-03-21T10:42:34","slug":"lesson-1-igbo-alphabet","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/igboapp.com\/index.php\/lesson-1-igbo-alphabet\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesson 1 (Igbo Alphabet)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"409\" class=\"elementor elementor-409\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b6e3a23 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b6e3a23\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a4e5507 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"a4e5507\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.20.0 - 20-03-2024 *\/\n.elementor-column .elementor-spacer-inner{height:var(--spacer-size)}.e-con{--container-widget-width:100%}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer{width:var(--container-widget-width,var(--spacer-size));--align-self:var(--container-widget-align-self,initial);--flex-shrink:0}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container{height:100%;width:100%}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer{height:100%}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer>.elementor-spacer-inner,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer>.elementor-spacer-inner{height:var(--container-widget-height,var(--spacer-size))}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer.elementor-widget-empty,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer.elementor-widget-empty{position:relative;min-height:22px;min-width:22px}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer.elementor-widget-empty .elementor-widget-empty-icon,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer.elementor-widget-empty .elementor-widget-empty-icon{position:absolute;top:0;bottom:0;left:0;right:0;margin:auto;padding:0;width:22px;height:22px}<\/style>\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-83070f2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"83070f2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.20.0 - 20-03-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Lesson 1 <br>(Igbo Alphabet)<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3521f42 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3521f42\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.20.0 - 20-03-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>In this lesson, we shall learn 36 Igbo alphabet and their pronunciation<\/p><p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Igbo Alphabet \u2018<strong>Ab\u1ecbchii Igbo<\/strong>\u2019. There are thirty-six (36) letters of the Igbo alphabet:<\/p><p><strong>\/A b ch d e f g gb gh gw h i i j k kp kw l m n \u1e45 nw ny o \u1ecd p r s sh t u u v w y z\/<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p><p>These letters are used to form Igbo words <strong>&#8216;mkp\u1ee5r\u1ee5okwu&#8217;<\/strong>, phrases <strong>&#8216;nkebiokwu&#8217;<\/strong>, clauses <strong>&#8216;nkebiah\u1ecbr\u1ecb&#8217;<\/strong> and sentences <strong>&#8216;ah\u1ecbr\u1ecbokwu&#8217;<\/strong>.<\/p><p>For example: Igbo Words:\u00a0 <strong>aka <\/strong>(hand); Igbo Phrases: <strong>\u2018aka nwoke\u2019<\/strong> (A man\u2019s hand); Igbo Clauses: <strong>\u2018Dike kw\u1ecdr\u1ecd aka\u2019<\/strong> (Dike washed hand); and Igbo sentences: <strong>\u2018Ngozi hichara aka ya\u2019<\/strong> (Ngozi cleaned her hand).<\/p><p>The Igbo alphabet has eight (8) vowels:<\/p><p><strong>\/a e \u1ecb i \u1ecd o \u1ee5 u\/<\/strong><\/p><p>and twenty-eight (28) consonants:<\/p><p><strong>\/b ch d f g gb gh gw h j k kp kw l m n \u1e45 nw ny p r s sh t v w y z\/<\/strong>.<\/p><p>There are two types of vowels in Igbo. They are light vowels <strong>(\u1ee4daume mfe)<\/strong> and heavy vowels <strong>(\u1ee4daume ar\u1ecd)<\/strong>. Light vowels are four <strong>(an\u1ecd)<\/strong> in number and Heavy vowels are also four <strong>(an\u1ecd)<\/strong> in number.<\/p><p>The Light vowels are:<\/p><p><strong>\/a \u1ecb \u1ecd \u1ee5\/<\/strong><\/p><p>and heavy vowels are:<\/p><p><strong>\/e i o u\/<\/strong>.<\/p><p>There are also two types of consonants in Igbo.<\/p><p>They are single consonants <strong>(mgbochiume nge)<\/strong> and double consonants <strong>(mgbochiume mkp\u1ecb)<\/strong>.<\/p><p>Single consonants are 19 <strong>(iri na iteghete)<\/strong> and double consonants are 9 <strong>(iteghete)<\/strong>.<\/p><p>The single consonants in Igbo are:<\/p><p><strong>\/b d f g h j k l m n \u1e45 p r s t v w y z\/<\/strong><\/p><p>and double consonants are:<\/p><p><strong>\/ch gb gh gw kp kw nw ny sh\/<\/strong>.<\/p><p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Capital Letter <\/strong><\/p><p>A B CH D E F G GB GH GW H I \u1eca J K KP KW L M N<\/p><p>\u1e44 NW NY O \u1ecc P R S SH T U \u1ee4 V W Y Z.<\/p><p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Small Letter<\/strong><\/p><p>a b ch d e f g gb gh gw h i \u1ecb j k kp kw l m n \u1e45 nw ny o \u1ecd<\/p><p>p r s sh t u \u1ee5 v w y z<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e7f2cc2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e7f2cc2\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b8a1941 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"b8a1941\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/igboapp.com\/index.php\/introduction\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Back<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7294398 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"7294398\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/igboapp.com\/index.php\/lesson-1-practical-exercises\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Next<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lesson 1 (Igbo Alphabet) In this lesson, we shall learn 36 Igbo alphabet and their pronunciation \u00a0Igbo Alphabet \u2018Ab\u1ecbchii Igbo\u2019. 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