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0.3.6 The following are the letters of the Ibibio alphabet: 
abdeafghhijkkpmnnnwnyooApst 
uuwy 
The following unusual letters require an explanation 

5 repesents /a/, a mid central vowel. 

gh represnets the urular flap jTRJ 

h represents the uvular approximent /I/ / 

j represents the centralized front (narrow) vowel ( + ). 

ft represents the velar nasal /g/ 

nw represents the labialized velar nasal A)w7 

ny represents the palatal nasal /n/ 

u represents the centralized back (narrow) vowel /»/ 


Essien, Okon E. 1990. A Grammar of the Ibibio Language. 
Ibadan, Nigeria: University Press Limited.