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
|
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%
|