Language Centre Resources - Igbo

Igbo

A Niger-Congo language, usually assigned to the Kwa branch, spoken by c. 15 million people in south-east Nigeria (especially in Anambra, Abia and Imo states), where it has official status. Since 1970s it has been increasingly used as a second language in the region.

The language is spelt in the Roman alphabet standardised in 1961. Modern standard Igbo is based on the Onitsha-Owerri dialect, although there is a variety of other dialects spread over. From the 1970s on an extensive written literature has been produced in Igbo.

Tone in Igbo is of cardinal phonemic importance. Meaning is a function of tonal pattern and word position.

CLASSIFICATION = Niger-Congo family    SCRIPT = Roman

Courses

Igbo basic course (1962)	IG CA 1-33 *
Learn Igbo	IGB CBEG (CD-ROM)*

Dictionaries

Igbo-English dictionary : a comprehensive dictionary of the Igbo language, with an English-Igbo index

EZ 496.4 EBR.1 (IG)

Grammar

Elements of modern Igbo grammar : a descriptive approach

EZ 496.4 EK.1(IG)

Reading

Mbe, Nkapi na Osa = The tortoise, the rat and the squirrel

IGB RFICT 1(PACK)