The Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture (SPILC) was founded in 1949 by Frederick Chidozie Ogbalu for the promotion of the

Igbo language Igbo ( , ; Igbo: ''Ásụ̀sụ́ Ìgbò'' ) is the principal native language cluster of the Igbo people, a meta-ethnicity from Southeastern Nigeria. The number of Igboid languages depends on how one classifies a language versus a dialect, ...

and

culture Culture () is an umbrella term which encompasses the social behavior, institutions, and norms found in human societies, as well as the knowledge, beliefs, arts, laws, customs, capabilities, and habits of the individuals in these grou ...

, and has since created a

standard dialect A standard language (also standard variety, standard dialect, and standard) is a variety (linguistics), language variety that has undergone substantial Codification (linguistics), codification of grammar and usage, although occasionally the term ...

for Igbo.

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Igbo language Organizations established in 1949 Language regulators {{ling-org-stub