| Ngwa | |
| Nativename: | Igbo: Ásụ̀sụ́ Ṅgwà |
| Pronunciation: | pronounced as /ig/ |
| States: | Ngwa |
| Region: | Southeastern Nigeria |
| Ethnicity: | Ngwa people |
| Speakers: | 1.8 million |
| Date: | 1979 |
| Familycolor: | Niger-Congo |
| Fam2: | Atlantic–Congo |
| Fam3: | Volta–Congo |
| Fam4: | Volta–Niger |
| Fam5: | Igboid |
| Fam6: | Nuclear Igboid |
| Fam7: | Igbo |
| Dialects: | Abala-Ibeme |
| Script: | Latin (Önwu alphabet) Nwagu Aneke script Igbo Braille |
| Agency: | Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture (SPILC) |
| Notice: | IPA |
| Glotto: | ngwa1247 |
| Glottorefname: | Ngwa |
The Ngwa dialect is an Igboid language spoken primarily by the Ngwa people of Abia state in south eastern Nigeria.
| Lowercase | a | b | ch | d | e | f | g | gb | gh | gw | h | hn | hw | i | ị | j | k | kp | kw | l | m | n | ṅ | nw | ny | o | ọ | p | r | s | sh | t | u | ụ | v | w | y | z | |
| IPA phonemes | a | b | t͡ʃ | d | e | f | g | ɡ͡ɓ~ɓ | ɣ | ɡʷ | ɦ | ɦn | ɦw | i | ɪ̙ | d͡ʒ | k | k͡p~ɓ̥ | kʷ | l | m | n | ŋ | ŋʷ | ɲ | o | ɔ̙ | p | ɹ~ɾ | s | ʃ | t | u | ʊ̙ | v | w | j | z |
The ngwa dialect shares similar alphabets with the Igbo but with additional alphabet.[1] [2] [3]
The tones are indicated with diacritics: