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Language · Sounds · Conversation

Learn Igbo: Numbers, Greetings & Conversation

Learn to read, greet, count and chat in Igbo with an academic guide, short courses, tone animations, dialogues, quizzes, games and funny mix-ups.

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The academic guideAlphabet, tone, grammar, dialects, greetings, numbers, family words and the history of Igbo dictionaries, with tables and key terms.→

Interactive courses

Letters and soundsThe 36-letter alphabet, the dotted vowels and the digraphs that make Igbo look special. 3 lessons · quiz · Level Starter Start → Tone: the music of IgboOne word, four meanings. See pitch move and hear it, if you turn the sound on. 3 lessons · quiz · Level Core Start → Greetings and courtesySay hello, ask how someone is, thank people and wish them a safe journey. 3 lessons · quiz · Level Starter Start → Counting in IgboFrom otu to ijeri: tap the numbers, learn the tens and hear why a billion means “uncountable”. 3 lessons · quiz · Level Core Start → Days, weeks and seasonsThe four market days, the word for week, moon and year, and names taken from the days. 3 lessons · quiz · Level Core Start → Basic conversationIntroduce yourself, ask simple questions and say when you do not understand. 3 lessons · quiz · Level Core Start → Family and belongingWords for mother, father, siblings, grandparents and the wider family. 2 lessons · quiz · Level Starter Start → Building sentencesOpen syllables, the tiny word na, the future, the negative and the names of the parts of speech. 4 lessons · quiz · Level Deeper Start → Dialects, standard Igbo and dictionariesOwerri and Onitsha, the standard called Igbo Izugbe, three spellings of one name and 150 years of dictionaries. 4 lessons · quiz · Level Deeper Start → Funny mix-ups (fiction)Three invented comedies that show why tone and tiny words matter. All characters are fictional. 3 lessons · quiz · Level Fun Start →

Play & practise

Mix-up quiz10 random questions from every course. Word flashcardsFlip the cards and learn Igbo words and phrases. Memory matchFind each Igbo word and its meaning. Number masterRead the Igbo number and pick the right digits.
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