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Asụsụ Igbo

Igbo
  • Global speakers: 27,014,190
  • Glottocode: nucl1417
  • ISO 639-3: ibo
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Igbo speakers, representing one of the largest Nigerian communities in New York, live in a range of neighborhoods, with significant concentrations in every borough and Igbo-run businesses and churches becoming increasingly common. Based in St. Albans, Queens, the Igbo Organization New York sees well over 500 families at events throughout the year, and with an average of 7 or 8 people per family, the group estimates that New York City's Igbo population is at least 4,000, if not more. The community has worked to declare the first Saturday in July Igbo day. In response to families' concern that younger generations are not speaking Igbo, the Igbo Organization has started hosting summer language classes. A substantial community also exists in and around Newark.
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