Igbo

Igbo is written in the Latin script, spoken by about 27.8M people across 1 region.

Script

Language tag

ig-Latn

Speakers

27.8M

Status

Living

Sample text

mụrụ

Ebe ọ bụ na nghọta ugwu ekere uwa na ikike

Ebe nleghara anya na nleli ikike mmadu nwegasịrị emeela ka e

Alphabet (74)

aU+0061 AU+0041 bU+0062 BU+0042

ch

CH

dU+0064 DU+0044 eU+0065 EU+0045 ẹU+1EB9 ẸU+1EB8 fU+0066 FU+0046 gU+0067 GU+0047

gb

GB

gh

GH

gw

GW

hU+0068 HU+0048 iU+0069 IU+0049 ịU+1ECB ỊU+1ECA jU+006A JU+004A kU+006B KU+004B

kp

KP

kw

KW

lU+006C LU+004C mU+006D MU+004D nU+006E NU+004E ṅU+1E45 ṄU+1E44

nw

NW

ny

NY

oU+006F OU+004F ọU+1ECD ỌU+1ECC pU+0070 PU+0050 rU+0072 RU+0052 sU+0073 SU+0053

sh

SH

tU+0074 TU+0054 uU+0075 UU+0055 ụU+1EE5 ỤU+1EE4 vU+0076 VU+0056 wU+0077 WU+0057 yU+0079 YU+0059 zU+007A ZU+005A

Auxiliary characters (62)

áU+00E1 ÁU+00C1 àU+00E0 ÀU+00C0 āU+0101 ĀU+0100 cU+0063 CU+0043 éU+00E9 ÉU+00C9 èU+00E8 ÈU+00C8 ēU+0113 ĒU+0112 íU+00ED ÍU+00CD ìU+00EC ÌU+00CC īU+012B ĪU+012A

ị́

Ị́

ị̀

Ị̀

ḿU+1E3F ḾU+1E3E

m̀

M̀

ńU+0144 ŃU+0143 ǹU+01F9 ǸU+01F8 óU+00F3 ÓU+00D3 òU+00F2 ÒU+00D2 ōU+014D ŌU+014C

ọ́

Ọ́

ọ̀

Ọ̀

qU+0071 QU+0051 úU+00FA ÚU+00DA ùU+00F9 ÙU+00D9 ūU+016B ŪU+016A

ụ́

Ụ́

ụ̀

Ụ̀

xU+0078 XU+0058 ɛU+025B ƐU+0190 ɵU+0275 ƟU+019F ŋU+014B ŊU+014A

Combining marks (5)

◌̀U+0300 ◌́U+0301 ◌̄U+0304 ◌̇U+0307 ◌̣U+0323

Punctuation (17)

-U+002D ,U+002C ;U+003B :U+003A !U+0021 ?U+003F .U+002E ‘U+2018 ’U+2019 “U+201C ”U+201D (U+0028 )U+0029 [U+005B ]U+005D {U+007B }U+007D

Unicode blocks used

C0 Controls and Basic Latin (Basic Latin)C1 Controls and Latin-1 Supplement (Latin-1 Supplement)Latin Extended-A Latin Extended-B IPA Extensions Combining Diacritical Marks Latin Extended Additional General Punctuation

Where it's spoken

Nigeria

Notes

1936-1961 orthography used ɛ ɔ ɵ ŋ c instead of ị o u n ch.

Other languages written in Latin