From OLPC
With over 500 living languages, Nigeria, is probably one of the hardest countries for the localization effort of the OLPC.
- Resources
- Wikipedia / Nigeria
- Wikipedia / Languages of Nigeria
- Ethnologue NG
| Language / Family | ISO 639-1 / -2 / -3 (SIL) | Writing system | Notes
|
Edo
Wikipedia PAL
| none / bin / bin
| Latin alphabet variant
| ~ 1,000,000 speakers
Official
|
Efik
Wikipedia PAL
| none / efi / efi
| Latin alphabet variant
| ~ 400,000 speakers
Official
|
English
Wikipedia
| en / eng / eng
| Latin alphabet
| ??? speakers
Official
|
Fulfulde, Adamawa
Wikipedia PAL
| ff / ful / fub
| Latin alphabet variant
Arabic alphabet
—Ajami variant
| ~ 7,600,000 speakers
Official
|
Fulfulde, Nigerian
Wikipedia PAL
| ff / ful / fuv
| Latin alphabet variant
Arabic alphabet
—Ajami variant
| ~ 1,700,000 speakers
|
Hausa
Wikipedia PAL
| ha / hau / hau
| Latin alphabet variant
Arabic alphabet
—Ajami variant
| ~ 18,500,000 speakers
Official
|
Ibibio
Wikipedia PAL
| #NA / bnt / ibb
| Latin alphabet variant
| ~ 1,500,000 - 2,000,000 speakers
|
Idoma
PAL
| #NA / #NA / idu
| Latin alphabet variant
| ~ 600,000 speakers
Official
|
Igbo
Wikipedia PAL
| ig / ibo / ibo
| Latin alphabet variant
| ~ 18,000,000 speakers
Official
|
Kanuri, Central
Wikipedia PAL
| kr / kau / knc
| Latin script variant
Arabic alphabet
—Ajami variant
| ~ 3,000,000 speakers
Official
|
Tiv
Wikipedia PAL
| #NA / tiv / tiv
| Latin alphabet variant
| ~ 2,200,000 speakers
|
Yoruba
Wikipedia PAL
| yo / yor / yor
| Latin alphabet variant
| ~ 18,900,000 speakers
Official
|
[edit] Other languages
| 639-3 | Language | Speak | % | 639-3 | Language | Speak | % | 639-3 | Language | Speak | %
|
| anw | Anaang | 1.00M | 0.7%
| bde | Bade | 0.25M | 0.2%
| bom | Berom | 0.30M | 0.2%
|
| bwr | Bura-Pabir | 0.25M | 0.2%
| igb | Ebira | 1.00M | 0.7%
| eke | Ekit | 0.20M | 0.2%
|
| ish | Esan | 0.20M | 0.2%
| gbr | Gbagyi | 0.70M | 0.5%
| gby | Gbari | 0.35M | 0.3%
|
| gew | Gera | 0.20M | 0.2%
| ank | Goemai | 0.20M | 0.2%
| guw | Gun | 0.26M | 0.2%
|
| igl | Igala | 0.80M | 0.6%
| ige | Igede | 0.25M | 0.2%
| ikw | Ikwere | 0.20M | 0.2%
|
| its | Isekiri | 0.51M | 0.4%
| iso | Isoko | 0.42M | 0.3%
| izi | Izi-Ezaa-Ikwo-Mgbo | 0.59M | 0.4%
|
| ijc | Izon | 1.00M | 0.7%
| kaj | Jju | 0.30M | 0.2%
| ijn | Kalabari | 0.26M | 0.2%
|
| hig | Kamwe | 0.30M | 0.2%
| kby | Kanuri, Manga | 0.20M | 0.2%
| ogo | Khana | 0.20M | 0.2%
|
| okr | Kirike | 0.25M | 0.2%
| mzm | Mumuye | 0.40M | 0.3%
| sur | Mwaghavul | 0.29M | 0.2%
|
| anc | Ngas | 0.40M | 0.3%
| nup | Nupe-Nupe-Tako | 0.80M | 0.6%
| ann | Obolo | 0.20M | 0.2%
|
| ogb | Ogbia | 0.20M | 0.2%
| urh | Urhobo | 0.55M | 0.4%
| ets | Yekhee | 0.27M | 0.2%
|
