Editing Igbo language (section)

==== Other orthographies ====
A variety of issues have made agreement on a standardized [[orthography]] for the Igbo language difficult. In 1976, the Igbo Standardization Committee criticized the official orthography in light of the difficulty notating diacritic marks using typewriters and computers; difficulty in accurately representing tone with tone-marking conventions, as they are subject to change in different environments; and the inability to capture various sounds particular to certain Igbo dialects. The Committee produced a modified version of the Ọnwụ orthography, called the New Standard Orthography, which substituted {{angbr|ö}} and {{angbr|ü}} for {{angbr|ọ}} and {{angbr|ụ}}, {{angbr|c}} for {{angbr|ch}}, and {{angbr|ñ}} for {{angbr|ṅ}}.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Oluikpe |first1=Esther N. |title=Igbo language research: Yesterday and today |journal=Language Matters |date=27 March 2014 |volume=45 |issue=1 |pages=110–126 |doi=10.1080/10228195.2013.860185|s2cid=145580712 }}</ref> The New Standard Orthography has not been widely adopted, although it was used, for example, in the 1998 ''Igbo English Dictionary'' by [[Michael Echeruo]].

More recent calls for reform have been based in part on the rogue use of alphabetic symbols, tonal notations, and spelling conventions that deviate from the standard orthography.<ref name=":23" />

There are also some modern movements to restore the use of and modernize nsibidi as a writing system,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blog.nsibiri.org/ |title=Nsibidi |website=blog.nsibiri.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://sugabellyrocks.com/2013/01/update-on-the-ndebe-igbo-writing-system.html |title=Update on the Ndebe Igbo Writing System |website=Sugabelly |date=2013-01-05}}</ref> which mostly focus on Igbo as it is the most populous language that used to use nsibidi.