Countries
Nigeria
Benin, Nigeria
Total No. Of Countries
12
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National Language
Nigeria
Nigeria
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa
Minority Language
Equatorial Guinea
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
Regulated By
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
Yoruba Academy
Interesting Facts
- In Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
- Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.
- One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
- In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.
Similar To
Yoruba and Hausa Languages
Owo and Itsekiri languages
Derived From
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