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Arabic
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Igbo



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Countries

Countries

Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Nigeria

Total No. Of Countries

231
0 46
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National Language

Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Nigeria

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa, Asia
Africa

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Equatorial Guinea

Regulated By

Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture

Interesting Facts

  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  • In Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
  • Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.

Similar To

Amharic and Hebrew
Yoruba and Hausa Languages

Derived From

-
-

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2836
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

88
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2828
9 60
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Scripts

Arabic
Latin

Writing Direction

Right-To-Left, Horizontal
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

43
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

88 weeks52 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

مرحبا
kedụ

Thank You

شكرا
dalụ

How Are You?

كيف حالك؟
kedụ ka ịmere

Good Night

تصبح على خير
ka chi fo

Good Evening

مساء الخير
mgbede ọma

Good Afternoon

مساء الخير
ehihie ọma

Good Morning

صباح الخير
ụtụtụ ọma

Please

من فضلك
Biko

Sorry

آسف
Ndo

Bye

وداعا
Kachifo

I Love You

أحبك
a hụrụ m gị n'anya

Excuse Me

اعذرني
ngọpụ

Dialects

Dialect 1

Maghrebi
Enuani

Where They Speak

Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
Nigeria

How Many People Speak

310,000,000.0028,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Sudanese
Ngwa

Where They Speak

Sudan
Nigeria

How Many People Speak

17,000,000.001,500,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Levantine
Not present

Where They Speak

Cyprus, Levant
-

How Many People Speak

21,000,000.0024.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

2620
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

452.00 million25.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

4.43 %0.09 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

206.00 million25.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

246.00 million24.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

(al arabiya) العربية
igbo

Alternative Names

Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
Ibo

French Name

arabe
igbo

German Name

Arabisch
Ibo-Sprache

Pronunciation

/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
[iɡ͡boː]

Ethnicity

Arabs
Igbo people

History

Origin

512 CE
30th Century BC

Language Family

Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

Semitic
Kwa

Branch

North Arabic
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Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Modern Standard Arabic
Standard Igbo

Language Position

2557
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Arabic
Igbo Sign Language

Scope

Macrolanguage
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ar
ig

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ara
ibo

ISO 639 2/B

ara
ibo

ISO 639 3

ara
ibo

ISO 639 6

ara
ibo

Glottocode

arab1395
nucl1417

Linguasphere

12-AAC
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
-

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
Agglutinative

Arabic and Igbo Alphabets

Arabic and Igbo Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Arabic and Igbo. In Arabic Alphabets there are 28 letters while in Igbo Alphabets there are 36 letters. To learn Arabic and Igbo languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Arabic and Igbo languages. The Arabic phonology consist Arabic vowels and Arabic consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Arabic greetings vs Igbo greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Arabic and Igbo are Most Spoken Languages.

All Arabic and Igbo Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Arabic and Igbo dialects. Various dialects of Arabic and Igbo language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Arabic are spoken in different Arabic Speaking Countries whereas Igbo Dialects are spoken in different Igbo speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Arabic vs Igbo Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Arabic dialects include: Maghrebi, Sudanese. Igbo dialects include: Enuani , Ngwa. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Arabic and Igbo Speaking population

Arabic and Igbo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Arabic and Igbo languages can be compared. The total count of Arabic and Igbo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Igbo language is 0.09 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Arabic and Igbo on Arabic vs Igbo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Arabic and Igbo Language Codes

Arabic and Igbo language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Arabic and Igbo Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.