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LingoBear creates short Igbo passages on topics you choose. Tap any word for an instant English translation and build your vocabulary as you read. Niger-Congo (Volta-Niger) language of southeastern Nigeria, Önwü Latin alphabet with sub-dot vowels (ị, ọ, ụ), two contrastive tones, ~31M speakers.

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What is Igbo and where is it spoken?

Igbo (Asụsụ Igbo) is a Volta-Niger language of the Niger-Congo family, native to southeastern Nigeria. About 31 million people speak it, making it one of Nigeria's three largest languages alongside Hausa and Yoruba. The standard literary form (Igbo Izugbe) was codified in the 1970s. Igbo writing uses the Önwü orthography, with sub-dot vowels ị, ọ, ụ marking the [-ATR] vowel set.

What grammar features does Igbo have?

Igbo is a tonal language with two contrastive tones, high and low, plus a downstep. It uses SVO word order, has no grammatical gender, and shows vowel harmony — vowels in a word group together by advanced or retracted tongue root. Verb morphology marks aspect (perfective, progressive) more than tense, often through prefixes and consonant doubling.