Editing Igbo language (section)

==== Ọnwụ ====
{{Main|Igbo alphabet}}
[[File:Book of Mormon - Igbo.jpg|thumb|Igbo version of the ''[[Book of Mormon]]'', with the letters Ị, Ọ and Ụ visible]]

The current Ọnwụ alphabet, a compromise between the older [[Standard Alphabet by Lepsius|Lepsius alphabet]] and a newer alphabet advocated by the [[International Institute of African Languages and Cultures]] (IIALC), is presented in the following table, with the [[International Phonetic Alphabet]] equivalents for the characters:<ref>{{Cite book|title=Igbo Dictionary & Phrasebook|last1=Awde|first1=Nicholas|last2=Wambu|first2=Onyekachi|author-link2=Onyekachi Wambu|publisher=Hippocrene Books|year=1999|isbn=0781806615|location=New York|pages=[https://archive.org/details/igboenglishengli00nich/page/27 27]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/igboenglishengli00nich/page/27}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
!Letter
!Pronunciation
|-
|[[A]] a
|{{IPA|/a/}}
|-
|[[B]] b
|{{IPA|/b/}}
|-
|[[Ch (digraph)|Ch]] ch
|{{IPA|/tʃ/}}
|-
|[[D]] d
|{{IPA|/d/}}
|-
|[[E]] e
|{{IPA|/e/}}
|-
|[[F]] f
|{{IPA|/f/}}
|-
|[[G]] g
|{{IPA|/ɡ/}}
|-
|[[Gb (digraph)|Gb]] gb
|{{IPA|/ɡ͡b~ɠ͡ɓ/}}
|-
|[[Gh (digraph)|Gh]] gh
|{{IPA|/ɣ/}}
|-
|[[Gw (digraph)|Gw]] gw
|{{IPA|/ɡʷ/}}
|-
|[[H]] h
|{{IPA|/ɦ/}}
|-
|[[I]] i
|{{IPA|/i/}}
|-
|[[Ị]] ị
|{{IPA|/ɪ̙/}}
|-
|[[J]] j
|{{IPA|/dʒ/}}
|-
|[[K]] k
|{{IPA|/k/}}
|-
|[[Kp (digraph)|Kp]] kp
|{{IPA|/k͡p~ƙ͡ƥ/}}
|-
|[[Kw (digraph)|Kw]] kw
|{{IPA|/kʷ/}}
|-
|[[L]] l
|{{IPA|/l/}}
|-
|[[M]] m
|{{IPA|/m/}}
|-
|[[N]] n
|{{IPA|/n/}}
|-
|[[Ṅ]] ṅ
|{{IPA|/ŋ/}}
|-
|[[Nw (digraph)|Nw]] nw
|{{IPA|/ŋʷ/}}
|-
|[[Ny (digraph)|Ny]] ny
|{{IPA|/ɲ/}}
|-
|[[O]] o
|{{IPA|/o/}}
|-
|[[Ọ]] ọ
|{{IPA|/ɔ̙/}}
|-
|[[P]] p
|{{IPA|/p/}}
|-
|[[R]] r
|{{IPA|/ɹ/}}
|-
|[[S]] s
|{{IPA|/s/}}
|-
|[[Sh (digraph)|Sh]] sh
|{{IPA|/ʃ/}}
|-
|[[T]] t
|{{IPA|/t/}}
|-
|[[U]] u
|{{IPA|/u/}}
|-
|[[Ụ]] ụ
|{{IPA|/ʊ̙/}}
|-
|[[V]] v
|{{IPA|/v/}}
|-
|[[W]] w
|{{IPA|/w/}}
|-
|[[Y]] y
|{{IPA|/j/}}
|-
|[[Z]] z
|{{IPA|/z/}}
|-

|}
The graphemes {{angle bracket|gb}} and {{angle bracket|kp}} are described both as coarticulated {{IPAslink|ɡ͡b}} and {{IPAslink|k͡p}} and as implosives, so both values are included in the table.

{{angle bracket|m}} and {{angle bracket|n}} each represent two phonemes: a nasal consonant and a syllabic nasal.

Tones are sometimes indicated in writing, and sometimes not. When tone is indicated, low tones are shown with a grave accent over the vowel, for example {{angle bracket|a}} → {{angle bracket|à}}, and high tones with an acute accent over the vowel, for example {{angle bracket|a}} → {{angle bracket|á}}.