Igbo | |
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Asụsụ Igbo | |
Native to | Nigeria |
Region | southeastern Nigeria |
Native speakers | 24 million (2007)[1] |
Standard forms | Standard Igbo[2]
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Dialects | Enuanị, Ngwa, Ohuhu, Ọnịchạ, Bonny-Opobo, Ọlụ, Owerre (Isuama), et al. |
Latin (Önwu alphabet) Igbo Braille | |
Official status | |
Official language in | ![]() |
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 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.