Anaang (Annang) is the native language of the
Anaang people
Anaang (also spelled Annang and Ànnang) is an ethnic group in Southern Nigeria, whose land is primarily within 8 of the present 31 Local Government Areas in Akwa Ibom State: Abak, Essien Udim, Etim Ekpo, Ika, Ikot Ekpene, Obot Akara, Oruk ...
of Nigeria.
The Annang speaker of English tends to apply the
grammatical
In linguistics, grammaticality is determined by the conformity to language usage as derived by the grammar of a particular speech variety. The notion of grammaticality rose alongside the theory of generative grammar, the goal of which is to formu ...
rules of Annang in his use of
English, often violating the intuition of
native speakers
A first language (L1), native language, native tongue, or mother tongue is the first language a person has been exposed to from birth or within the critical period. In some countries, the term ''native language'' or ''mother tongue'' refers ...
of English.
Phonology
Consonants
* Consonants /p, b, t, d, k, k͡p, f, m, n, l, w/ may be heard as palatalized
�when occurring before /i/.
* /ʁ/ may also be heard as a trill
�when before a front vowel.
* /r/ may also be heard as a tap
�
Vowels
See also
*
Anaang word list (Wiktionary)
References
Languages of Nigeria
Ibibio
Ibibio-Efik languages
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