SOUNDS OF ALPHABETS

A, a     -   Sounds like the a in ant  eg ama -Town. Akidi - Beans, Asan - Crayfish

B, b     -   Sounds like the b in Boy  eg bima - Top up , bin - full, binya- not full

B, b     -   Sound not in English  eg    bara -hand, bere - Trouble, bibi-mouth, baku- knock.

D, d     -  Sounds like the d in dog  eg dogi - carry, dede - fried plantain, dibo - Husband, dein - peace

D, d    -   Sound not in English  eg deri  - Laugh, derima - don't laugh

E, e    -    Sound like the ay in day  eg  eneme - palm karnel,

E, e    -    Sound like the e in egg eg  eri - you, efirefe -

F, f     -    Sound like f in fish eg fa - Lost, faa - loose, feru - breeze

G, g   -    Sound like the g in go eg gaga -tight, goli -insult, cheek

Gb gb -  Sound not in English gbana -place something, gbon - peck, bite(snake)

I, i      -  Sound like the ee in feed eg  iin - yes, ine-daa -unbearable, ine-a -could not

I, i     -    Sound like i in in  eg  ino -sore, inyon - strenght, power. inyon-fa - hypertension

J, j    -    Sound like j in joy  eg jen -next, ja-saki -sometime. ja -some

K, k  -   Sound like k in King eg  kee -sign, write. ke-bo -bring, kiko-scrotum

KP, kp - Sound not in English eg kpain - safe, kpeki - approach/close/near

L, l    - Sound like l in Love

M,m  - Sound like the m in man eg main - two, manya - catarrh, meme -gentle/mild/warm

N,n   -  Sound like n in Nose  eg naa -hear, nama -animal, nambulo - Cattle/cow

O, o  -  Sound like the o in Old  eg  onu- fence/wall, odu -trumpet, obiri - dog

O, o -    Sound like the o in hot eg olo -cough, oboko - chicken/ fowl. ofin -sweep, odu-stew

P, p -     Sound like the p in pan eg poo -castrate, pele - cut, piki- denial

R, r   -  Sound like r in rat  eg  re-instead

S, s   -  Sound like the s in Soap eg so - go, soku- dig, sime - stay

T, t   -   Sound like the t in top  eg teme - mind, toru - face

U, u  -  Sound like the u in full  eg  oju - body

U, u  -  Sound like the u in up eg fulo - soup,

V, v  - Sound like the v in Van  eg vala - sail, vroro kapa - garment

W, w - Sound like w in we  eg  wa -us, wolo - insult, wadodge - penguin

Y, y  - Sound like the y in you  eg yau - quiet, ye-kienye - calculator, ye-la -expensive

Z     -  zo-zoo - to fool around

There is no C, Q, X in Kalabari