Wiki Languages: Igbo language (Igbo)
Updated: 17-07-2024 by Wikilanguages.net
| Language: Igbo (Igbo language) | Local name: Igbo |
| Language code: ig | Display language: Simple English (simple)|
| Speak area: Nigeria | Classification: Niger-Congo |
| Country: Nigeria | Second language: |
| Usage: regional | Wiki language for Igbo language |
Dictionary for Igbo (Igbo) in Simple English
| English | Igbo |
| Igbo | Simple English |
| Igbo | |
|---|---|
| Asụsụ Igbo | |
| Native to | Nigeria |
| Region | southeastern Nigeria |
Native speakers | 24 million (2007)[1] |
Language family | Niger–Congo
|
Standard forms | Standard Igbo[2] |
| Dialects | Enuanị, Ngwa, Ohuhu, Ọnịchạ, Bonny-Opobo, Ọlụ, Owerre (Isuama), et al. |
Writing system | Latin (Önwu alphabet) Igbo Braille |
| Official status | |
Official language in |  Nigeria |
Recognised minority language in |  Equatorial Guinea[3] |
| Regulated by | Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-1 | |
| ISO 639-2 | |
| ISO 639-3 | ibo |
 Linguistic map of Benin, Nigeria, and Cameroon. Igbo is spoken in southern Nigeria. | |
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.
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.