Language Information
Igbo, or Ibo, is one of the largest languages of West Africa and is spoken by 44 million people in Nigeria. It belongs to the Benue-Congo group of the Niger-Congo language family. Igbo speakers can be found over a wide area of southeastern Nigeria, as well as in Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea. Elements of the language were retained as well by enslaved peoples in the Americas - including Cuba, Barbados, and Jamaica. The language is now a global diasporic language, spoken in the US, Canada, Great Britain and elsewhere.
Igbo is not currently taught at Indiana University, but we do have access to the archived materials listed below.