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Arabic and Igbo


Igbo and Arabic


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
23   
4
1   
14

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   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Arabic.jpg#200   
Igbo-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
28   
10
36   
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
8   
5

How Many Consonants
28   
18
28   
18

Scripts
Arabic   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
52 weeks   
12

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   
Not Available   

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   

Dialect 2
Sudanese   
Ngwa   

Where They Speak
Sudan   
Nigeria   

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00   
6
1,500,000.00   
22

Dialect 3
Levantine   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00   
3
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
26   
22
20   
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
452.00 million   
4
25.00 million   
40

Speaking Population
4.43 %   
6
Not Available   

Native Speakers
206.00 million   
6
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
246.00 million   
2
Not Available   

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   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic   
Standard Igbo   

Language Position
25   
21
57   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Arabic   
Not Available   

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
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
arab1395   
nucl1417   

Linguasphere
12-AAC   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Agglutinative   

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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.

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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 Not Available. 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.

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