Learning Igbo

Learning the Igbo Language
Basic Facts about the Igbo Language
The Igbo language is a tonal language spoken by over 25 million people who are primarily of Igbo descent in southeastern Nigeria and parts of the Niger Delta. Igbo is a tonal language with two distinctive tones; high and low. Igbo, like other West African languages, has borrowed words from European languages, particularly English. More recently Central Igbo dialect form has gained the widest acceptance. This form is based on the dialects of members of the Ezinihitte group of Igbo in Central...

Igbo Language Resources
Facts about Igbo
The Igbo language, also known as Ibo, is spoken in Nigeria by approximately 18 million speakers (the Igbo), especially in the southeastern region once identified as Biafra. It is also spoken in Equatorial Guinea. Igbo is one of the four official languages of Nigeria. It is also a member of the Niger-Congo family of languages. The language was used by John Goldsmith as an example to justify going away from the classical linear model of phonology as laid out in The Sound Pattern of English. It...

Learning the Igbo Language with Talk Now Igbo
Facts about the Igbo
Igbo (also known, less commonly, as Ibo; asusu Ndi Igbo in Igbo) is a language spoken in Nigeria by around 18 million speakers (the Igbo), especially in the southeastern region once identified as Biafra. The language was used by John Goldsmith as an example to justify going away from the classical linear model of phonology as laid out in The Sound Pattern of English. It is written in the Roman script. Igbo is a tonal language. Our Squidoo lens includes a number of Igbo learning resources, r...