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Preferred term

iboIgbo  

Type

  • Language

Definition

  • Igbo (Igbo: Asụsụ Igbo), or Igbo proper, is a native language of the Igbo people, an ethnic group primarily located in southeastern Nigeria. There are approximately 20 million speakers that are mostly in Nigeria and are primarily of Igbo descent. Igbo is a national language of Nigeria. It is written in the Latin script, which was introduced by British colonialists. Secret societies such as the Ekpe use the Nsibidi symbols which were invented by the Ejagham and were used to represent other languages like Efik.

Entry terms

  • Igbo language

ISO 639-1 code

  • ig

ISO 639-2 Bibliographical code

  • ibo

ISO 639-2 Terminological code

  • ibo

ISO 639-3 code

  • ibo

Notation

  • ibo

In other languages

  • Igbo

    French

  • igbo
  • Igbo

    German

  • Igbo-Sprache
  • igbo

    Italian

  • Lingua igbo
  • ibo

    Portuguese

  • igbo
  • Língua igbo
  • igbo

    Spanish

  • Idioma igbo

URI

http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/ibo

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