OLPC Nigeria/Languages
With over 500 living languages, Nigeria, is probably one of the hardest countries for the localization effort of the OLPC.
| 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 (very close to Ibibio & Anaang) |
| 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 (very close to Efik & Anaang) |
| 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 |
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% |
