CONSONANTS - VOWELS
Voweli anee tombo bibi finji te sinari be leta. Sukubio diki:
Below are the vowels and their sounds as used in the Kalabari language:
Vowel
a as sounded in ant or aru ( boat)
e as sounded in feet or emi ( in)
e as sounded in egg or ere (name)
i as sounded in litter or imo (sweat)
i as sounded in ink or ila (intestine)
o as sounded in load or ogbo (group)
o as sounded in hot or olo (cough)
u as sounded in unit or ombu (navel)
u as sounded in hut or awu (red)
Konsonanti anee tombo kele ke, aniania gbosima amina bibi gbainte sinari be leta. Sukubio diki:
Below are the consonants and their sounds as used in the Kalabari language:
Consonant
b boy bele ( light)
b (none) bara (hand)
d dog dein (peace)
d (none) duein ( corpse)
f fan fiafia (holy)
g go gele (tall)
gb (none) gbain ( to close)
j joy inji ( fish)
k keep kapa ( clothe)
kp (none) kpasi (narrow)
l love loliya ( star)
m man mene (ant)
n now nini (nose)
p pan piko (feather)
r rain apira ( skin)
s soap saki ( time)
t tea temi ( to pound)
v vine vala (sail)
w win wari (house)
y yam yana (to own)
As you can see there are no c, h, q, x and z in the Kalabari language.
