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  2. Igbo language - Wikipedia

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    Igbo affixes to English verbs determine tense and aspectual markers, such as the Igbo suffix -i affixed to the English word 'check', expressed as the word check-i. [ 41 ] The standardized Igbo language is composed of fragmented features from numerous Igbo dialects and is not technically a spoken language, but it is used in communicational ...

  3. Bible translations into the languages of Africa - Wikipedia

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    British Anglican Thomas John Dennis [6] translated the Bible into a "standard" "Union Igbo" by 1913. [7] This version was very influential but criticised by artists, among them Chinua Achebe, as stultifying the Igbo language. [8] The Igbo Living Bible was published in 1988. [9]

  4. Igbo alphabet - Wikipedia

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    There are numerous Igbo dialects, some of which are not mutually intelligible. The standard written form of Igbo is based on the Owerri and Umuahia dialects of Igbo. A New Standard Orthography has been proposed for Igbo, and it was used, for example, in the 1998 Igbo English Dictionary by Michael Echeruo, but it has not been otherwise widely ...

  5. Omenuko - Wikipedia

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    Omenuko by Pita Nwana (by trade a carpenter [1]) is the first novel to be written in the Igbo language, [2] and the book was very successful among the Igbo people. [1] The book tells the life story of the politician Igwegbe Odum, an Aro Igbo who migrated to Arondizuogu.

  6. Thomas Dennis (priest) - Wikipedia

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    It was considered that he alone had anything near what could be regarded as the experience and training for translation work. [7] He was a key player in the development of Union Igbo, a written standard intended to serve all dialects. The Union Igbo New Testament was published in 1908 and the whole Bible in 1913.

  7. Inouwa - Wikipedia

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    Inouwa or Ilouwa is the Igbo belief in reincarnation in their mythology, which translates from Igbo to English as to come back to the world.Reincarnation is believed to occur between immediate and extended family and sometimes the person who is reincarnated notifies the family, before their death, who they will come back to the world as.

  8. Chukwu - Wikipedia

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    Many Igbo Christians refer to the Christian God as Chukwu. [2] Chukwu (Chu-kwu) is similar to "The Most High" and "The Almighty" instead of a name like " God " which is of Germanic origin. This was usually referring to an idol in the pre-Christian era, but with the arrival of Christianity and Islam in the region, Chukwu became used for God.

  9. Google Translate - Wikipedia

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    Google Translate is a multilingual neural machine translation service developed by Google to translate text, documents and websites from one language into another. It offers a website interface, a mobile app for Android and iOS, as well as an API that helps developers build browser extensions and software applications. [3]