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nwo

A syllable of the Ndebe syllabary: the body nw with the vowel o.

The three tones

Tone is part of the character in Ndebe, not a mark added to it, so one syllable is written three different ways. These are the same shape family — the character on the left in each box is the one to learn first, and it is the form the chart shows.

  • high tone

    nwo

    U+E515

  • mid tone

    nwo

    U+E516

  • low tone

    nwo

    U+E517

Words that use it

39 of the Igbo entries here carry this syllable, shortest first. The Ndebe spelling is written under each word, and the syllable you are looking for is in it.

The same body, other vowels