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Almost All Akwa Ibom Names Have 'K' Somewhere. Why? by gsparks01(m): 10:00am On May 22, 2015 |
Was browsing through front page, and I saw a story about aKpabio commissioning one bridge called abaK in aKwa Ibom and I couldn't help but notice the K's. Surely there's a reason?? |
Re: Almost All Akwa Ibom Names Have 'K' Somewhere. Why? by winetapper: 10:01am On May 22, 2015 |
i had wanted to doubt until i remembered my friends Surname.. eKpa 1 Like |
Re: Almost All Akwa Ibom Names Have 'K' Somewhere. Why? by gsparks01(m): 10:09am On May 22, 2015 |
my friend's name is Uduak |
Re: Almost All Akwa Ibom Names Have 'K' Somewhere. Why? by write2obi(m): 10:11am On May 22, 2015 |
ImaiKa |
Re: Almost All Akwa Ibom Names Have 'K' Somewhere. Why? by Enoquin(f): 10:17am On May 22, 2015 |
Totally untrue Eg Mfonobong (name)/Uruan (place) |
Re: Almost All Akwa Ibom Names Have 'K' Somewhere. Why? by gsparks01(m): 10:28am On May 22, 2015 |
Almost all clearly written |
Re: Almost All Akwa Ibom Names Have 'K' Somewhere. Why? by charleff512(m): 8:03pm On May 22, 2015 |
A narrow minded conclusion! Where do you place ime,uwem,edem,sifon,effiong,oton,udoh,umoh etc? |
Re: Almost All Akwa Ibom Names Have 'K' Somewhere. Why? by bigfrancis21: 8:34pm On May 22, 2015 |
Rather, I would say the 'ng' double consonant is more prevalent in efik/ibibio names. |
Re: Almost All Akwa Ibom Names Have 'K' Somewhere. Why? by tpiadotcom: 12:04am On May 23, 2015 |
gsparks01: kalabar, efik, akwa, all have k. However, its difficult changing the k in akpabio. |
Re: Almost All Akwa Ibom Names Have 'K' Somewhere. Why? by cheruv: 11:43pm On May 23, 2015 |
bigfrancis21:its also present in Igbo.. though it appears as ñ |
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