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. Igbo language elements were retained as well by enslaved peoples in the Americas - Cuba, Barbados, and Jamaica. The language is now a global diasporic language, spoken in the US, Canada, Great Britain and elsewhere across the world.
Igbo is not currently taught on the IU campus, but we do have access to archived materials below.