Locale Ig Ng
Use when working with the Igbo (Nigeria) locale (`ig-NG`) — its endonym Igbo (Naịjịrịa), 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 (Nigeria) locale — endonym Igbo (Naịjịrịa), written in the Latin script, left-to-right (LTR).
Identifiers
- BCP 47 tag:
ig-NG - ISO 639-1:
ig - ISO 639-3:
ibo - Script: Latn (Latin)
- Region: NG (Nigeria)
- 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
Base locale
This is a regional variant of Locale Ig 001 (Igbo), the base/macro locale for this language.
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
Apply Locale Ig 001 with the conventions of Nigeria.
- Context: Igbo is one of the major languages of Nigeria; English is the official language. Use Standard Igbo (Igbo Izugbe) in written content.
- Formats: naira (
₦); dates in English or Igbo form; 24-hour clock; decimal point. - Tone: warm and respectful, with greetings and titles for elders.
Common pitfalls
- Using unmarked dialect spelling.
- Omitting dotted letters.
- The general pitfalls in Locale Ig 001 also apply.
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.
- Unicode CLDR locale data for number, date, and currency formats (https://cldr.unicode.org)