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Locale Ig 001

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Use when working with the Igbo locale (`ig-001`) — its endonym Igbo, Latin script, left-to-right (LTR) direction, or spoken-population data. Reference data and translation guidance (register, grammar, idiom, typography) for this specific locale; see [[locale]] for general i18n/l10n concepts (BCP 47, plural rules, RTL) that apply across all locales.

Reference data for the Igbo locale — endonym Igbo, written in the Latin script, left-to-right (LTR).

Identifiers

  • BCP 47 tag: ig-001
  • ISO 639-1: ig
  • ISO 639-3: ibo
  • Script: Latn (Latin)
  • Region: 001 (World)
  • Text direction: ltr — left-to-right (LTR)

Speakers (approximate)

  • L1 (native): 31,000,000
  • L2 (additional): 6,000,000
  • L1+L2 (total): 37,000,000

Regional variants

This is the base/macro locale for Igbo. Region-specific variants in this dataset:

Pluralization

CLDR plural categories for this locale: other (1 form).

  • other — everything else (e.g. 0~15, 100, 1000, 10000, …)

See Unicode Messageformat for writing plural messages using these categories.

Translating into this locale

Igbo is a Benue-Congo language of southeastern Nigeria, written in the Latin script with dotted letters (ị, ọ, ụ) and tone marks used for disambiguation. The standard (Igbo Izugbe) is a composite of several dialects, with orthography based on the Onwu orthography. See Locale Ig Ng.

Translate ideas, not words.

  • Igbo is a tonal language with subject-verb-object order, vowel harmony, and no grammatical gender. Verbs take suffixes for tense and aspect and are extended with auxiliary verbs; restructure English sentences.
  • Use established Igbo terms where they exist (from the Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture and Igbo dictionaries); adopt loanwords in Igbo spelling.
  • Re-express idioms and proverbs (ilu) by meaning; proverbs carry cultural weight and should not be literally translated from English.

Register.

  • Igbo uses titles and respectful forms for elders and chiefs (Nna, Nne, Ichie). Public text is polite and relationship-focused.
  • UI commands use the imperative or an impersonal form.

Orthography and typography.

  • Use the dotted letters ị ọ ụ and ṅ; omitting the dots can change meaning. Tone marks (acute and grave accents) are used where needed to disambiguate.
  • Currency naira (₦); decimal point; dates in English or Igbo month names.

Common pitfalls

  • Omitting the underdots.
  • Mixing dialect forms in a written standard.
  • Translating proverbs literally.

Learn more

  • Locale for BCP 47 identifiers, locale-sensitive formatting, pluralization, and text-direction concepts that apply across all locales.
  • Unicode Messageformat for writing plural/selection messages correctly for this locale's grammar.
  • Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture (SPILC)
  • Igbo Language orthography (Onwu orthography, 1961)

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