Ch.+2+Igbo+Language

1) Igbo is a Niger-Congo languag e with around 25 million speakers that are mostly in Nigeria and are primarily of Igbo descent.

2) Igbo is an official language of Nigeria and is also spoken natively inCameroon.

3) It is written in theLatin alphabet, which was introduced byBritish colonialists.

4) The Igbo language, also known as Ibo, is spoken in Nigeria by approximately 18 million speakers, especially in the southeastern region once identified as Biafra.

5) It is also spoken in Equatorial Guinea.

6) Igbo is one of the four official languages of Nigeria.

7).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.

8) It is written in the Roman script. Igbo is a tonal language.

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