Language code: ig

Technical information about ISO 639 language code ig

The table below provides technical details for the Igbo language, designated by the ig code from the ISO 639-1 standard.

Code

ig

Name

Official

Igbo

Native

Asụsụ Igbo

Family
Volta-Niger
Scripts
Text direction

Left-to-Right

Plural rules

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Igbo belongs to the Niger-Congo language family, more specifically to the Volta-Niger branch of the Atlantic-Congo subgroup. It is recognized as a national language in Nigeria and is used in some parts of Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea. It is written using a modified version of the Latin alphabet. It is estimated that there are more than 30 million speakers worldwide.

Language presence globally

Speakers

*The graph shows a rough estimate of Igbo speakers in countries where it is an official or minority language.

Related locale codes

ig-NG Igbo (Nigeria)

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