(English_(Nigeria)_MFA_dictionary_v2_2_1)=
# English (Nigeria) MFA dictionary v2.2.1

``````{dictionary} English (Nigeria) MFA dictionary v2.2.1
:id: "English (Nigeria) MFA dictionary v2_2_1"
:tags: English;MFA;IPA
:language: "English"
:dialect: Nigeria
:layout: mfa
:template: dictionary_template
:phoneset: "MFA"
:license: "CC BY 4.0"

   ```{include} ../../../../dictionary/english/nigeria_mfa/v2.2.1/README.md
    :start-after: "## Dictionary details"
    :end-before: "## Installation"
   ```

   ```{admonition} G2P models
   * {ref}`english_(nigeria)_mfa_g2p_model_v2_2_1`
   ```

``````

```{include} ../../../../dictionary/english/nigeria_mfa/v2.2.1/README.md
:start-after: "new)."
```

## IPA Charts

### Consonants

Obstruent symbols to the left of {fas}`circle;ipa-dot` are unvoiced and those to the right are voiced.

``````{list-table}
:header-rows: 1
:stub-columns: 1
:class: consonant_chart table-striped table-bordered

* - Manner
  - Labial
  - Labiodental
  - Dental
  - Alveolar
  - Alveopalatal
  - Palatal
  - Velar
  - Glottal
* - {manner}`Nasal`
  - ```{ipa_cell}
    * other
      * m
        * Occurrences: 11,448
        * Examples
          * modem: [m o d ɛ m]
          * foism: [f o i z a m]
          * mayst: [m e s t]
          * mega: [m ɛ ɡ a]
      * mʲ
        * Occurrences: 2,704
        * Examples
          * mere: [mʲ i a]
          * semi: [s ɛ mʲ i]
          * mixin: [mʲ i k s i n]
          * mealy: [mʲ iː ʎ i]
    ```
  - ```{ipa_cell}
    * other
      * ɱ
        * Occurrences: 24
        * Examples
    ```
  - ```{ipa_cell}
    ```
  - ```{ipa_cell}
    * other
      * n
        * Occurrences: 23,067
        * Examples
          * neddy: [n ɛ dʲ i]
          * jawan: [dʒ a w a n]
          * bench: [b ɛ n tʃ]
          * mane: [m e n]
    ```
  - ```{ipa_cell}
    ```
  - ```{ipa_cell}
    * other
      * ɲ
        * Occurrences: 4,914
        * Examples
          * gnu: [ɲ uː]
          * panic: [pʰ a ɲ i k]
          * ionic: [aj ɔ ɲ i k]
          * nipa: [ɲ iː pʰ a]
    ```
  - ```{ipa_cell}
    * other
      * ŋ
        * Occurrences: 4,934
        * Examples
          * skunk: [s k ɔ ŋ k]
          * ungot: [ɔ ŋ ɡ ɔ t]
          * ging: [ɟ i ŋ ɡ]
          * axing: [a k s i ŋ ɡ]
    ```
  - ```{ipa_cell}
    ```
* - {manner}`Stop`
  - ```{ipa_cell}
    * voiceless
      * p
        * Occurrences: 6,279
        * Examples
          * rupel: [ɹ uː p ɛ ɫ]
          * pshaw: [p ʃ ɔ]
          * cap: [kʰ a p]
          * coupe: [kʰ uː p]
    * voiced
      * b
        * Occurrences: 7,636
        * Examples
          * plumb: [p l ɔ m b]
          * bury: [b ɛ ɹ i]
          * biota: [b aj o t a]
          * nobly: [n o b ʎ i]
    ```
  - ```{ipa_cell}
    ```
  - ```{ipa_cell}
    * voiceless
      * t̪
        * Occurrences: 47
        * Examples
    * voiced
      * d̪
        * Occurrences: 53
        * Examples
    ```
  - ```{ipa_cell}
    * voiceless
      * t
        * Occurrences: 16,779
        * Examples
          * spilt: [s pʲ i ɫ t]
          * track: [t ɹ a k]
          * stoep: [s t uː p]
          * it's: [i t s]
    * voiced
      * d
        * Occurrences: 12,982
        * Examples
          * mould: [m o ɫ d]
          * shide: [ʃ aj d]
          * homed: [h o m d]
          * defog: [d ɛ f ɔ ɡ]
    ```
  - ```{ipa_cell}
    ```
  - ```{ipa_cell}
    * voiceless
      * c
        * Occurrences: 2,530
        * Examples
          * skew: [s c uː]
          * likin: [ʎ iː c i n]
          * gskew: [dʒ iː s c uː]
          * skein: [s c e n]
    * voiced
      * ɟ
        * Occurrences: 1,046
        * Examples
          * ginn: [ɟ i n]
          * gleby: [ɟ ʎ iː bʲ i]
          * bigly: [bʲ i ɟ ʎ i]
          * glebe: [ɟ ʎ iː b]
    ```
  - ```{ipa_cell}
    * voiceless
      * k
        * Occurrences: 10,202
        * Examples
          * pacts: [pʰ a k s]
          * close: [k l o s]
          * gleek: [ɟ ʎ iː k]
          * krait: [k ɹ aj t]
    * voiced
      * ɡ
        * Occurrences: 7,728
        * Examples
          * gaze: [ɡ e z]
          * hagar: [ç e ɡ a]
          * pego: [pʰ iː ɡ o]
          * sing: [s i ŋ ɡ]
    ```
  - ```{ipa_cell}
    * voiceless
      * ʔ
        * Occurrences: 136
        * Examples
          * but: [b a ʔ]
          * apart: [a pʰ a ʔ]
          * mate: [m e ʔ]
          * suit: [s j uː ʔ]
    ```
* - {manner}`Affricate`
  - ```{ipa_cell}
    ```
  - ```{ipa_cell}
    ```
  - ```{ipa_cell}
    ```
  - ```{ipa_cell}
    ```
  - ```{ipa_cell}
    * voiceless
      * tʃ
        * Occurrences: 2,396
        * Examples
          * chalk: [tʃ ɔ k]
          * belch: [b ɛ ɫ tʃ]
          * chow: [tʃ aw]
          * chock: [tʃ ɔ k]
    * voiced
      * dʒ
        * Occurrences: 3,827
        * Examples
          * sigil: [s i dʒ i ɫ]
          * junco: [dʒ ɔ ŋ kʰ o]
          * ajar: [a dʒ a]
          * zhu: [dʒ uː]
    ```
  - ```{ipa_cell}
    ```
  - ```{ipa_cell}
    ```
  - ```{ipa_cell}
    ```
* - {manner}`Sibilant`
  - ```{ipa_cell}
    ```
  - ```{ipa_cell}
    ```
  - ```{ipa_cell}
    ```
  - ```{ipa_cell}
    * voiceless
      * s
        * Occurrences: 25,397
        * Examples
          * cyber: [s aj b a]
          * dulse: [d ɔ ɫ s]
          * dusts: [d ɔ s t s]
          * sfnal: [ɛ s ɛ f n a ɫ]
    * voiced
      * z
        * Occurrences: 9,030
        * Examples
          * zis: [z i s]
          * bags: [b a ɡ z]
          * booms: [b uː m z]
          * abysm: [a bʲ i z a m]
    ```
  - ```{ipa_cell}
    * voiceless
      * ʃ
        * Occurrences: 5,490
        * Examples
          * shift: [ʃ i f t]
          * shrek: [ʃ ɹ ɛ k]
          * abash: [a b a ʃ]
          * apish: [e pʲ i ʃ]
    ```
  - ```{ipa_cell}
    ```
  - ```{ipa_cell}
    ```
  - ```{ipa_cell}
    ```
* - {manner}`Fricative`
  - ```{ipa_cell}
    ```
  - ```{ipa_cell}
    * voiceless
      * f
        * Occurrences: 5,769
        * Examples
          * flary: [f l ɛː ɹ i]
          * frock: [f ɹ ɔ k]
          * farse: [f a s]
          * fussy: [f ɔ s i]
      * fʲ
        * Occurrences: 1,603
        * Examples
          * filly: [fʲ i ʎ i]
          * raphe: [ɹ e fʲ i]
          * taffy: [tʰ a fʲ i]
          * fib: [fʲ i b]
    * voiced
      * v
        * Occurrences: 3,930
        * Examples
          * wives: [w aj v z]
          * arvo: [a v o]
          * vide: [v aj d]
          * vent: [v ɛ n t]
      * vʲ
        * Occurrences: 1,147
        * Examples
          * veep: [vʲ iː p]
          * via: [vʲ i a]
          * civic: [s i vʲ i k]
          * villa: [vʲ i l a]
    ```
  - ```{ipa_cell}
    * voiceless
      * θ
        * Occurrences: 1,811
        * Examples
          * ethic: [ɛ θ i k]
          * forth: [f ɔ θ]
          * thane: [θ e n]
          * meth: [m ɛ θ]
    * voiced
      * ð
        * Occurrences: 449
        * Examples
          * then: [ð ɛ n]
          * thus: [ð ɔ s]
          * adhan: [a ð a n]
          * dalet: [d a ʎ i ð]
    ```
  - ```{ipa_cell}
    ```
  - ```{ipa_cell}
    ```
  - ```{ipa_cell}
    * voiceless
      * ç
        * Occurrences: 695
        * Examples
          * heals: [ç iː ɫ z]
          * hinny: [ç i ɲ i]
          * humes: [ç uː m z]
          * hitt: [ç i t]
    ```
  - ```{ipa_cell}
    ```
  - ```{ipa_cell}
    * voiceless
      * h
        * Occurrences: 2,413
        * Examples
          * hurst: [h aː s t]
          * mhm: [m h m]
          * hyawa: [h aj a w a]
          * hum: [h ɔ m]
    ```
* - {manner}`Approximant`
  - ```{ipa_cell}
    * other
      * w
        * Occurrences: 2,574
        * Examples
          * warm: [w ɔ m]
          * weber: [w ɛ b a]
          * waspi: [w ɔ s pʲ i]
          * sweat: [s w ɛ t]
    ```
  - ```{ipa_cell}
    ```
  - ```{ipa_cell}
    ```
  - ```{ipa_cell}
    * other
      * ɹ
        * Occurrences: 19,074
        * Examples
          * brink: [b ɹ i ŋ k]
          * read: [ɹ iː d]
          * idris: [i d ɹ i s]
          * rangy: [ɹ e n dʒ i]
    ```
  - ```{ipa_cell}
    ```
  - ```{ipa_cell}
    * other
      * j
        * Occurrences: 1,210
        * Examples
          * yexes: [j ɛ k s ɛ z]
          * uley: [j uː ʎ i]
          * units: [j uː ɲ i t s]
          * ukie: [j uː cʰ i]
    ```
  - ```{ipa_cell}
    ```
  - ```{ipa_cell}
    ```
* - {manner}`Lateral`
  - ```{ipa_cell}
    ```
  - ```{ipa_cell}
    ```
  - ```{ipa_cell}
    ```
  - ```{ipa_cell}
    * other
      * l
        * Occurrences: 9,222
        * Examples
          * julep: [dʒ uː l ɛ p]
          * lapel: [l a pʰ ɛ ɫ]
          * loss: [l ɔ s]
          * isolo: [i s o l o]
      * ɫ
        * Occurrences: 7,424
        * Examples
          * sold: [s o ɫ d]
          * dial: [d aj a ɫ]
          * gilt: [ɟ i ɫ t]
          * mils: [mʲ i ɫ z]
    ```
  - ```{ipa_cell}
    ```
  - ```{ipa_cell}
    * other
      * ʎ
        * Occurrences: 5,852
        * Examples
          * dimly: [dʲ i m ʎ i]
          * melee: [m ɛ ʎ i]
          * plea: [p ʎ iː]
          * leans: [ʎ iː n z]
    ```
  - ```{ipa_cell}
    ```
  - ```{ipa_cell}
    ```
``````


### Vowels

Vowel symbols to the left of {fas}`circle;ipa-dot` are unrounded and those to the right are rounded.

``````{list-table}
:header-rows: 1
:stub-columns: 1
:class: vowel_chart table-striped table-bordered

* -
  - Front
  - Near-Front
  - Central
  - Near-Back
  - Back
* - Close
  - ```{ipa_cell}
    * unrounded
      * i
        * Occurrences: 40,495
        * Examples
          * myths: [mʲ i θ s]
          * warly: [w ɔ ʎ i]
          * krym: [c ɹ i m]
          * qubit: [cʰ uː bʲ i t]
      * iː
        * Occurrences: 6,252
        * Examples
          * chi: [tʃ iː]
          * lea: [ʎ iː]
          * thede: [θ iː d]
          * weed: [w iː d]
    ```
  - ```{ipa_cell}
    ```
  - ```{ipa_cell}
    ```
  - ```{ipa_cell}
    ```
  - ```{ipa_cell}
    * rounded
      * u
        * Occurrences: 4,060
        * Examples
          * aaron: [a u n]
          * lion: [l aj u n]
          * jotun: [j o t u n]
          * kunes: [cʰ u n z]
      * uː
        * Occurrences: 4,741
        * Examples
          * hew: [ç uː]
          * udo: [uː d o]
          * undo: [ɔ n d uː]
          * fufu: [f uː f uː]
    ```
* -
  - ```{ipa_cell}
    ```
  - ```{ipa_cell}
    ```
  - ```{ipa_cell}
    ```
  - ```{ipa_cell}
    * rounded
      * ʊ
        * Occurrences: 3,808
        * Examples
          * gold: [ɡ ɔ ʊ ɫ d]
          * book: [b ʊ k]
          * umaru: [ʊ m a ɹ uː]
          * lured: [ʎ ʊ a d]
    ```
  - ```{ipa_cell}
    ```
* - Close-Mid
  - ```{ipa_cell}
    * unrounded
      * e
        * Occurrences: 7,827
        * Examples
          * haig: [ç e ɡ]
          * kane: [cʰ e n]
          * clave: [k l e v]
          * blake: [b l e k]
    ```
  - ```{ipa_cell}
    ```
  - ```{ipa_cell}
    ```
  - ```{ipa_cell}
    ```
  - ```{ipa_cell}
    * rounded
      * o
        * Occurrences: 7,119
        * Examples
          * clio: [c ʎ iː o]
          * oakum: [o k u m]
          * moro: [m ɔ ɹ o]
          * kola: [kʰ o l a]
    ```
* -
  - ```{ipa_cell}
    ```
  - ```{ipa_cell}
    ```
  - ```{ipa_cell}
    ```
  - ```{ipa_cell}
    ```
  - ```{ipa_cell}
    ```
* - Open-Mid
  - ```{ipa_cell}
    * unrounded
      * ɛ
        * Occurrences: 21,185
        * Examples
          * recce: [ɹ ɛ cʰ i]
          * rebec: [ɹ ɛ b ɛ k]
          * sid: [ɛ s aj dʲ iː]
          * faq: [ɛ f e cʰ uː]
      * ɛː
        * Occurrences: 761
        * Examples
          * erie: [ɛː ɹ i]
          * kerr: [cʰ ɛː]
          * glary: [ɡ l ɛː ɹ i]
          * laird: [l ɛː d]
    ```
  - ```{ipa_cell}
    ```
  - ```{ipa_cell}
    * unrounded
      * ɜ
        * Occurrences: 136
        * Examples
          * viera: [vʲ iː ɜ ɹ a]
          * durst: [d ɜ s t]
          * circe: [s ɜ s i]
          * wyrd: [w ɜ d]
      * ɜː
        * Occurrences: 3
        * Examples
    ```
  - ```{ipa_cell}
    ```
  - ```{ipa_cell}
    * rounded
      * ɔ
        * Occurrences: 24,034
        * Examples
          * hucks: [h ɔ k s]
          * fox: [f ɔ k s]
          * orfen: [ɔ f ɛ n]
          * gourd: [ɡ ɔ d]
    ```
* -
  - ```{ipa_cell}
    ```
  - ```{ipa_cell}
    ```
  - ```{ipa_cell}
    ```
  - ```{ipa_cell}
    ```
  - ```{ipa_cell}
    ```
* - Open
  - ```{ipa_cell}
    ```
  - ```{ipa_cell}
    ```
  - ```{ipa_cell}
    * unrounded
      * a
        * Occurrences: 35,590
        * Examples
          * myna: [m aj n a]
          * sat: [s a]
          * clans: [k l a n z]
          * pusta: [pʰ ʊ s t a]
      * aː
        * Occurrences: 2,167
        * Examples
          * serf: [s aː f]
          * merch: [m aː tʃ]
          * quirk: [kʷ aː k]
          * birth: [b aː ð]
    ```
  - ```{ipa_cell}
    ```
  - ```{ipa_cell}
    ```
``````


#### Diphthongs

* {ipa_inline}`aj`
* {ipa_inline}`aw`
* {ipa_inline}`ɔj`