Igbo language
Igbo is a language spoken in Nigeria. It is spoken by more than 18 million people. Igbo is a tonal language. The language is written in the Roman script.
| Igbo | |
|---|---|
| Asụsụ Igbo | |
| Native to | Nigeria |
| Region | southeastern Nigeria |
Native speakers | 24 million (2007)[1] |
Niger–Congo
| |
Standard forms | Standard Igbo[2]
|
| Dialects | Enuanị, Ngwa, Ohuhu, Ọnịchạ, Bonny-Opobo, Ọlụ, Owerre (Isuama), et al. |
| Latin (Önwu alphabet) Igbo Braille | |
| Official status | |
Official language in |  Nigeria |
Recognised minority language in | |
| Regulated by | Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-1 | ig |
| ISO 639-2 | ibo |
| ISO 639-3 | ibo |
 Linguistic map of Benin, Nigeria, and Cameroon. Igbo is spoken in southern Nigeria. | |
Igbo Traditional atire
References
- Nationalencyklopedin "Världens 100 största språk 2007" The World's 100 Largest Languages in 2007
- Heusing, Gerald (1999). Aspects of the morphology-syntax interface in four Nigerian languages. LIT erlag Münster. p. 3. ISBN 3-8258-3917-6.
- "World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples - Equatorial Guinea : Overview". UNHCR. 20 May 2008. Archived from the original on 13 January 2013. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
Igbo edition of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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