The alphabet your ancestors spoke. The calendar they lived by. The wisdom they encoded in creatures and proverbs. All of it — here — for you and your children.
Igbo has 36 letters including sounds that do not exist in English. Click any letter to hear it. Select a voice or upload a native pronunciation from your community.
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The Igbo calendar is perpetual — it does not reset, it does not expire. Built on a 4-day market week (Eke, Orie, Afor, Nkwo), it has governed planting seasons, market cycles, festival dates, and the rhythm of Igbo life for centuries.
In Igbo tradition, wisdom does not come from textbooks. It comes from the things around us — the fly, the crab, the tortoise, the eagle — each carrying a story that teaches something true about life.
Long before the seven-day week arrived with colonisation, Igbo society operated on a four-day cycle. Each day was named after a deity of the market and carried its own spiritual significance. These four days still govern Igbo life today.