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Igbo (English: / ˈ iː b oʊ / EE-boh, [5] US also / ˈ ɪ ɡ b oʊ / IG-boh; [6] [7] Standard Igbo: Ásụ̀sụ́ Ìgbò [ásʊ̀sʊ̀ ìɡ͡bò] ⓘ) is the principal native language cluster of the Igbo people, an ethnicity in the Southeastern part of Nigeria. Igbo Languages are spoken by a total of 31 million people. [1]
There are over 520 native languages spoken in Nigeria. [1] [2] [3] The official language is English, [4] [5] which was the language of Colonial Nigeria.The English-based creole Nigerian Pidgin – first used by the British and African slavers to facilitate the Atlantic slave trade in the late 17th century [6] – is the most common lingua franca, spoken by over 60 million people.
Nigeria is a very ethnically diverse country with 371 ethnic groups, the largest of which are the Hausa, Yoruba and the Igbo. [1] Nigeria has one official language which is English, as a result of the British colonial rule over the nation.
The modern Igbo alphabet (Igbo: Mkpụrụ Edemede Igbo), otherwise known as the Igbo alphabet (Mkpụrụ Edemede Igbo [1]), is the alphabet of the Igbo language, it is one of the three national languages of Nigeria. [2] The modern Igbo alphabet is made up of 36 letters, [3] which includes only a 23-letter set of the ISO basic Latin alphabet ...
The Igbo language is predominant spoken throughout the South-East, although Nigerian English is spoken as well. Prominent towns and cities in Igboland include Asaba , Aba , Abakaliki , Enugu , Nnewi , Onitsha , and Owerri among others. [ 213 ]
The Ika language is an Igbo dialect, classified under Nuclear Igboid in the Yeai language family. [2] The dialect is spoken primarily by the Ika people of Delta and Edo states of southern Nigeria. [3] More specifically, the Ika people are in the North-West of Delta State; but some, like Igbanke, Inyelen and Ekpon, are currently in Edo State.
Igbo land (Standard Igbo: Àlà Ị̀gbò) [4] [5] is a cultural and common linguistic region in southeastern Nigeria which is the indigenous homeland of the Igbo people. [6] [7] Geographically, it is divided into two sections by; eastern (the larger of the two) and western. [6]
Language Cluster Dialects Alternate spellings Own name for language Endonym(s) Other names (location-based) Other names for language Exonym(s) Speakers Location(s) Igbo: Ibo: Ịka: Agbor (standard form); southern and eastern varieties are more similar to Igbo: Ìḳá: Agbor: Delta State, Ika and Orhionmwon LGAs Ikwere