Mmụta, Nchọputa, Asụsụ, Mgbakọ na Wepu, Ochie na Ọhụrụ
Igbo Tongue Twister
Nwanyị n'akwa akwa, ịn'akwa akwa, k'ịna akwa akwa na-ọkụkọ yiri akwa n'elu akwa ịn'akwa?
In English it means: The woman sewing a dress, are you sewing a dress, or are you crying because a hen laid an egg on the dress you are sewing?
Igbo Aa Bị Chị Dị
| A a | B b | CH ch | D d | E e | F f |
| G g | GB gb | GH gh | GW gw | H h | I i |
| Ị ị | J j | K k | KP kp | KW kw | L l |
| M m | N n | Ń ń | NW nw | NY ny | O o |
| Ọ ọ | P p | R r | S s | SH sh | T t |
| U u | Ụ ụ | V v | W w | Y y | Z z |
Ọnwa ndi Igbo
| Ọnwa Nd’Igbo | Gregorian Equivalence |
| Ọnwa Mbụ | February – March |
| Ọnwa Abụa | March – April |
| Ọnwa Ife Eke | April – May |
| Ọnwa Anọ | May – June |
| Ọnwa Agwụ | June – July |
| Ọnwa Ifejiọkụ | July – August |
| Ọnwa Alọm chi | August to early September |
| Ọnwa Ilo Mmụọ | Late September |
| Ọnwa Ana | October |
| Ọnwa Okike | Early November |
| Ọnwa Ajana | Late November |
| Ọnwa Ede Ajana | Late November to December |
| Ọnwa Ụzọ Alụsị | January to early February |
Igbo Market Names and days
Igbo week (or Izu) comprises of 4 days. Unlike the standard 7-day week. It operates in the same way as the 7-day week that goes from Sunday to Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.
Igbo market days are Eke, Orie, Afọ, and Nkwọ.
These market days and names have significance. Every Igbo person is born on a market day. When a mother is delivered of a child, that child takes its first name from the day they were born. For example, if you were born on Orie day and you are a boy, automatically you are called Okoye, Okoli, or Nwoye. And if you are a girl, you are called Mgborie or Mgboye, depending on your part of Igboland.
If you are a girl and were born on Eke day, automatically, your first name is Mgbeke or Ekegbuo. And if you are a boy, you are named Nweke, or Okeke.
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