Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture

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The Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture (SPILC) was founded in 1949 by Frederick Chidozie Ogbalu for the promotion of the Igbo language and culture, and has since created a standard dialect for Igbo.{{cite book |title=Encyclopedia of African literature |first=Simon |last=Gikandi |publisher=Taylor & Francis |year=2003 |isbn=0-415-23019-5 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hFuWQmsM0HsC&pg=PA328 |page=328}}{{cite book|title=The African palimpsest: indigenization of language in the West African europhone novel |first=Chantal |last=Zabus |publisher=Rodopi |year=2007 |isbn=978-90-420-2224-9 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Sv27dpnZeWAC&pg=PA33 |page=33}}