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IGBO ALPHABET

The alphabetical order is as follows:

abchdef
ggbghgwhi
jkkpkwl
mnnwnyo
prssht
uvwyz
Vowel, a sound made by the aid of the vocal cords, but without any audible friction made by the tongue, teeth, lips or palate.

Consonant, is to make a sound in speech produced by a stoppage or partial stoppage of the breath; a speech sound that is not a vowel. 

It can be seen that the order here is strictly alphabetical, in that dotted letters follow their undotted counterparts (e.g. ị follows i) and double letters (digraphs) follow single letters (e.g. gh follows g)

Important Pronouns (Subjective)

m - I/me/my/mine;
As in a ... m as in
{A ga m - I will;}
{A na m - I am [present continuous tense]}

i - you
o - he/she
a - impersonal pronoun/one {when the consonant is followed by open vowels for example, a gaaa lia;}
e - impersonal pronoun/one {when the consonant is followed by open vowels eioe; for example, e meee loo}

anyi- we
unu - you (pl)
ha/ wa/ wo - they
ndi - those/ who

(Objective)

m/mu - me/ to me
gị - you/ to you
ya - him/ her/ to him/ to her
mmadu - one/ someone {impersonal}

anyi - us/ to us
unu - you {pl}/ to you
ha - them/ to them
ndi mmadu - people {impersonal, pl}

Ị si - You say/ You said/ if you say/ Did you say?
mụ na gị - me and you/
Ị na aga - You are going
Ị si na - You say that

ma na - that
ma na Ị na aga - but you are going
Ya na gị na aga - He is going with you
O na edu - He is guiding
Ị na edu - You are guiding 

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