OLPC Nigeria/Languages: Difference between revisions

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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	none / bin / bin	--unknown--	~ 1,000,000 speakers Official
Efik Wikipedia	none / efi / efi	--unknown--	~ 400,000 speakers Official
English Wikipedia	en / eng / eng	Latin alphabet	??? speakers Official
Fulfulde, Adamawa	ff / ful / fub	--unknown--	~ 7,600,000 speakers Official
Fulfulde, Nigerian	ff / ful / fuv	Latin alphabet variant Arabic alphabet —Ajami variant	~ 1,700,000 speakers
Hausa Wikipedia	ha / hau / hau	Latin alphabet variant Arabic alphabet —Ajami variant	~ 18,500,000 speakers Official
Ibibio Wikipedia	#NA / bnt / ibb	--unknown--	~ 1,500,000 - 2,000,000 speakers
Idoma	#NA / #NA / idu	--unknown--	~ 600,000 speakers Official
Igbo Wikipedia	ig / ibo / ibo	Latin alphabet variant	~ 18,000,000 speakers Official
Kanuri, Central Wikipedia	kr / kau / knc	Latin script variant Arabic alphabet —Ajami variant	~ 3,000,000 speakers Official
Tiv Wikipedia	#NA / #NA / tiv	--unknown--	~ 2,200,000 speakers
Yoruba Wikipedia	yo / yor / yor	Latin alphabet variant	~ 18,900,000 speakers Official

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%

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-| ''#NA'' / ''#NA'' / [http://www.sil.org/iso639-3/documentation.asp?id=fub fub]
+| ff / ful / [http://www.sil.org/iso639-3/documentation.asp?id=fub fub]
 | style="background:red; text-align:center; " | ''--unknown--''
 | ~ 7,600,000 speakers<br>'''Official'''
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 | Fulfulde, Nigerian
-| ''#NA'' / ''#NA'' / [http://www.sil.org/iso639-3/documentation.asp?id=fuv fuv]
+| ff / ful / [http://www.sil.org/iso639-3/documentation.asp?id=fuv fuv]
 | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_alphabet Latin alphabet variant]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_script Arabic alphabet]<br>&mdash;[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajami_script Ajami variant]
 | ~ 1,700,000 speakers