Igbo is the principal native language of the Igbo people, an ethnicity in the Southeastern part of Nigeria.
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ISO 639-3 Code Speaker Count2023 estimate, native speakers. StatusWikipedia article on Igbo: a currently spoken living language with an active native-speaker population; checked 2026-09-27. Attested From (Year) RegionIgboland: Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu, Imo; native speakers are also found in parts of Delta State and Rivers State 2 Classification
Language Kind Official StatusNational Language (Symbolic, Not Sole Official) 2 Connections
In Family
Source Wikipedia: Igbo Language
Source Wikipedia: Igbo Language
Written In
Igbo is standardly written in the Latin alphabet (Onwu orthography).
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Found In
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Source Glottolog
Sources
1. Glottolog: Igbo (Glottolog languoid nucl1417)
GlottologEndangerment, AES statusQuote, Endangerment, AES status
AES status: not endangered
2. Wikipedia: Igbo Language
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Igbo (English: EE-boh, US also IG-boh; Standard Igbo: Ásụ̀sụ́ Ìgbò [ásʊ̀sʊ̀ ìɡ͡bò] ) is the principal native language of the Igbo people, an ethnicity in the Southeastern part of Nigeria.
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ibo
Infobox: date
2023
Infobox, Region
Igboland: Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu, Imo; native speakers are also found in parts of Delta State and Rivers State
Infobox, Official language in
national status
In Family: Atlantic-Congo, Infobox: fam2
Atlantic-Congo
In Family: Igboid languages, Infobox, Language family
Igboid
View the Source 3. Omniglot: Igbo language, alphabet and pronunciation
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First written : 1777
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