Igbo Pelican

Igbo Pelican

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Igbo Pelican episodes

  • Consonant Harmony
    As the name implies, this episode talks about the divison of the consonants of the Igbo Language into two groups based on voicing. Illustrations were also drawn from Maduka Durunze (1996).
    8 min
  • Igbo In the Academia: Vowel Harmony In Igbo Language.
    This episode is based on vowel harmony which describes the division of the Igbo vowels into two; using the advancement of the tongue root feature out of the four phonetic qualities for division of these vowels. Illustrations were also outlined using simple words. Also, the issue of /a/ as an opaque vowel was discussed and a further research by Nwaozuzu (2005) was highlighted as she proposed root control and the extension of vowel harmony to complex words.
    23 min
  • The Igbo Alphabets
    This episode on the Igbo alphabets is structured and designed for a better understanding of the Igbo Language by the Second Language (L2) Learners. After going through, it will be observed that there are peculiarities in the alphabet system. Edith Nwubu who is an Igbo Language enthusiast and an academic delivered the Lecture.
    7 min
  • The Igbo People : A background study.
    This episode describes the Igbo People with regards to their history of descent, political leadership, occupational history and religious leadership. Simply put, this episode tries to look at ndi Igbo in the wider space. There are cases of codeswitching for a better understanding. The guest speaker for this episode is Dr. Adaobi Okoye, a Senior Lecturer of the Linguistics Department at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka.
    14 min

About Igbo Pelican

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Igbo Pelican is a youth movement with the Igbo young people as target audience. The paramount goal of this programme is to help teach Igbo as a language to the upcoming young Igbo minds especially those in the diaspora. This will help them play an active role in revitalization and maintenance of the Igbo Language. Our mission is to see that the Igbo Language even with this little but impactful means grows relentlessly everyday following the footsteps of our pioneer Igbo scholars who have created a path we wish to become an established path for posterity.