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The Urhobo Alphabets by senatorebeano(m): 8:21am On Dec 12, 2017
There are Forty Seven (47) alphabets in Urhobo language which I can remember. These are:-

VOWELS (Ibieta r’upho):

A E Ẹ I O Ọ U (7)

Examples of Vowels sounds in Urhobo:
A — Ame — Water.
E– Emu– Food.
É — Éto — Hair.
I — Igho — Money.
O — Oze — Basin.
Ò — Òshare — Man.
U — Utehru — Iron.
Please let us concentrate. For those who can’t pronounce the words at all. Study it very well.

THE URHOBO ALPHABETS (Íbietá)

Here are the vowels (Íbiota r’upho) in Urhobo. A few examples and how to pronounce them.

A — E — Ẹ — I — O — Ọ — U.

A —- Aton —- Desert.
E —- Erhuvwu — Beauty.
Ẹ —- Ērhovwo — Prayer
I —- Imitete —— Children.
O — Orherhe —— Cricket.
Ọ — Òteri ———– Enough.
U — Ututa ———- Onion.

Pronounced as:
A. … as in — Attention
E. … as in — A
Ē … as in — Air
I…. as in — In
O… as in — Oh
Ō… as in — Or
U…. as in — Uh or Ooh

CONSONANTS (Ibieta r’akon):

There are (18) Single Consonants;
The Compound Consonants (15) ;
Complex Compound Consonants (7).

E.g: SINGLE CONSONANTS:

B D F G H J K L M N P R S T V W Y Z

Examples:
B — aBavo — Same.
D — Dafe — Rich.
F — oFe — Yam beetle.
G — òGa — Sickness.
H — eHa — Play.
J — oJa — Suffering.
K — oKé — Gift.


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Re: The Urhobo Alphabets by Heavance(m): 9:37am On Dec 12, 2017
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