Observation

A. Candidates were required to explainin (a) types of assimilation in Igbo Language (b) list the types of assimilation that were evident in some listed words and in (c) explain the processes of assimilation that were seen in (b).
Expected answers:
(a)        - olilo ihu
            - olilo azụ
            - olilo mmakọ
            - olilo nlocha
            - olilo nlofọ

  (b)    

(i)         olilo mmakọ
(ii)        olilo azụ
(iii)       olilo azụ
(iv)       olilo ihu
(v)        olilo azụ
(vi)       olilo azụ

(c)

(i) ‘ọ’ na ‘y’ jikọrọ/makọrọ mepụta/ ghọọ ‘ị’
(ii)        ‘u’ mere ka ‘a’ yie ya
(iii)       ‘i’ mere ka ‘a’ yie ya
(iv)       ‘e’ mere ka ‘a’ yie ya
(v)        ‘i’ mere ka ‘e’ yie ya
(vi)       ‘u’ mere ka ‘o’ yie ya