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KịKịrịkẹnị

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Learn Kịrịkẹ
one word at a time.

Start with 61 everyday words drawn straight from the dictionary, test yourself in a quick quiz, and learn the six letters and four tones that make Kịrịkẹ sound like itself.

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6 packs, 61 words.

Every word is a real dictionary entry. Read a pack, practise it in the quiz below, or add the whole set to your flashcards.

Quiz

Eight questions. No pressure.

Pick a direction and a source. Starter packs use the words above; the whole dictionary pulls random entries each round. Log in and every finished round is saved to your progress.

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Alphabet & sounds

Thirty-four letters, six you will not have seen.

Kịrịkẹ is written with the Latin alphabet plus a dot below six letters. The dotted vowels are the “open” set that pairs with the plain ones in vowel harmony; the dotted consonants are made with the air drawn inward. Double letters like gb, kp and nw are single sounds.

  • A
  • B
  • Ḅ
  • Ch
  • D
  • Ḍ
  • E
  • Ẹ
  • F
  • G
  • Gb
  • H
  • I
  • Ị
  • J
  • K
  • Kp
  • L
  • M
  • N
  • Nw
  • Ny
  • O
  • Ọ
  • P
  • R
  • S
  • T
  • U
  • Ụ
  • V
  • W
  • Y
  • Z

Tone

The accents are not decoration.

Pitch changes meaning. fị́ with a high tone is “to eat”; fị̀ with a low tone is “death”. The dictionary marks every syllable, so read the accents as carefully as the letters.

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