Igbo alphabet

{{Short description|Latin alphabet used for the Igbo language}}

{{Infobox writing system

| name = Mkpụrụ Edemede Igbo

| languages = *Igbo

• Written Igbo

| altname = Ásụ̀sụ́ Ìgbò

| time =

| caption = Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Volta-Niger, Igboid

| iso15924 = Latn

| sample = Abchdii.jpg

| imagesize = 200px

| written =

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The modern Igbo alphabet ({{langx|ig|Mkpụrụ Edemede Igbo}}), otherwise known as the Igbo alphabet ({{lang|ig|Mkpụrụ Edemede Igbo}}{{Cite web|url=https://ezinaulo.com/igbo-lessons/pronunciation/igbo-alphabet/|title=Igbo Alphabet|last=ezinaulo|date=|website=Ezinaulo|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}), is the alphabet of the Igbo language, it is one of the three national languages of Nigeria.{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldtravelguide.net/guides/africa/nigeria/history-language-culture/|title=Discover the fascinating history, language and culture of Nigeria|website=World Travel Guide|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-06}} The modern Igbo alphabet is made up of 36 letters,{{Cite journal |last=Nkamigbo |first=Linda Chinelo |date=2011-10-14 |title=Phonology in Teacher Education in Nigeria: The Igbo Language Example |journal=African Journal of Teacher Education |volume=1 |issue=1 |doi=10.21083/ajote.v1i1.1593 |issn=1916-7822|doi-access=free }} which includes only a 23-letter set of the ISO basic Latin alphabet minus Q and X, which are not part of Abidịị Igbo. C is not used other than in the digraph 'ch'. The alphabet uses the dot above on the letter Ṅ, and the dot below on Ị, Ọ and Ụ.

There are numerous Igbo dialects, some of which are not mutually intelligible. The standard written form of Igbo is based on the Owerri and Umuahia dialects of Igbo.

A New Standard Orthography has been proposed for Igbo, and it was used, for example, in the 1998 Igbo English Dictionary by Michael Echeruo, but it has not been otherwise widely adopted. In this orthography, diaeresis replaces the dot below (ï ö ü).{{Listen|filename=Abchdii.wav|description=An Indigenous Igbo speaker reciting Mkpụrụ Edemede Igbo|type=speech|title=Mkpụrụ Edemede Igbo}}