Annang Proverbs New Perspectives: Annang Orthography
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Ekah (2008) submits that the orthography of a language is principally the system of spelling “made up of symbols consisting of glyphs and diacritics adopted in writing”. The Annang spelling system maintains a degree of consistency. By consistency it denotes that Annang words are spelt the way the words are pronounced. Ashby (2011) calls this phenomenon “phonemic spelling” and explains that it is a situation whereby there is a spelling-to-sound-rule. Annang words such as Ima (love), Ebot (goat), Inwang (farmland), ekom (greetings), etc. point to the one-to-one correspondence that exists between the Annang sounds and its spelling system.
Source: Afrischolar Discovery (Annex)
Author: Udoka, Susana
Institution: Akwa Ibom State University
Language: English
Subfield: Language and Linguistics
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W6940307694
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