The
Obolo current Alphabet
According to Emananjo (1996:36),
alphabet refers to the letters used in writing any language. The letters of the
alphabet vary from language to language. Obolo alphabet comprises single
letters and digraphs. The language also makes use of diacritics to enable
adequacy in their writing system. The Obolo letters of the alphabet are
arranged as follows:
Aa Bb
CH ch Dd Ee Ff Gg GB
gb GW gw Hh
Ii Jj Kk KP kp KW kw Ll Mm Nn NW
nw NYny Ññ Oo
Ọọ Pp Ss Tt
Uu Ww Yy
( Zz)
1.1 The Obolo Vowel
Obolo has six phonemic vowels which
are written as follows:
·
a
[a] as in tap “put”
·
e
[e] as in ebek “neck”
·
i
[i] as in ifet “beard
·
o
[o] as in lom “bite”
·
ọ
[ọ] as in ọkpọlọk “throat”
·
u
[u] as in utọñ “ear”
