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Countries

Countries

Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Nigeria

Total No. Of Countries

331
0 46
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National Language

Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Nigeria

Second Language

India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Africa

Minority Language

South Africa
Equatorial Guinea

Regulated By

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Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture

Interesting Facts

  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  • 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

Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages
Yoruba and Hausa Languages

Derived From

Latin
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2636
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

58
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2128
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn

Language Levels

73
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

6 weeks52 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Hello
kedụ

Thank You

Thank you
dalụ

How Are You?

How are you?
kedụ ka ịmere

Good Night

Good Night
ka chi fo

Good Evening

Good Evening
mgbede ọma

Good Afternoon

Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma

Good Morning

Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma

Please

Please
Biko

Sorry

Sorry
Ndo

Bye

Bye
Kachifo

I Love You

I love you
a hụrụ m gị n'anya

Excuse Me

Excuse Me
ngọpụ

Dialects

Dialect 1

American English
Enuani

Where They Speak

United States of America
Nigeria

How Many People Speak

225,000,000.0028,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Hiberno-English
Ngwa

Where They Speak

Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Nigeria

How Many People Speak

4,500,000.001,500,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Welsh English
Not present

Where They Speak

United Kingdom
-

How Many People Speak

2,500,000.0024.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

18820
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

1,200.00 million25.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

5.43 %0.09 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

400.00 million25.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

400.00 million24.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

English
igbo

Alternative Names

English
Ibo

French Name

anglais
igbo

German Name

Englisch
Ibo-Sprache

Pronunciation

/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
[iɡ͡boː]

Ethnicity

English people
Igbo people

History

Origin

5th Century AD
30th Century BC

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

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Kwa

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
No early forms

Standard Forms

Standard English
Standard Igbo

Language Position

357
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed English
Igbo Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

en
ig

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

eng
ibo

ISO 639 2/B

eng
ibo

ISO 639 3

eng
ibo

ISO 639 6

engs
ibo

Glottocode

stan1293
nucl1417

Linguasphere

52-ABA
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology

Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Agglutinative

English and Igbo Alphabets

English and Igbo Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in English and Igbo. In English Alphabets there are 26 letters while in Igbo Alphabets there are 36 letters. To learn English and Igbo languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of English and Igbo languages. The English phonology consist English vowels and English consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at English greetings vs Igbo greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether English and Igbo are Most Spoken Languages.

All English 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 English and Igbo dialects. Various dialects of English and Igbo language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of English are spoken in different English Speaking Countries whereas Igbo Dialects are spoken in different Igbo speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking English vs Igbo Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the English dialects include: American English, Hiberno-English. Igbo dialects include: Enuani , Ngwa. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

English and Igbo Speaking population

English and Igbo speaking population is one of the factors based on which English and Igbo languages can be compared. The total count of English and Igbo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 % 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 English and Igbo on English vs Igbo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

English and Igbo Language Codes

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