Language code: ig

Technical information about ISO 639 language code ig

Technical information about ig language code (Igbo) is available below.

ISO code

ig

Language

Official

Igbo

Native

Asụsụ Igbo

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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