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Filipino
Filipino

Igbo
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Countries

Countries

Philippines
Nigeria

Total No. Of Countries

11
0 46
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National Language

Philippines
Nigeria

Second Language

Philippines
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Asia
Africa

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Equatorial Guinea

Regulated By

Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture

Interesting Facts

  • "Filipino" was officially declared as national language by the constitution in 1987.
  • "Filipino" is the official name of Tagalog, or synonym of it.
  • 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

Tagalog Language
Yoruba and Hausa Languages

Derived From

Spanish Language
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2836
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

58
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2328
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

33
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks52 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Kumusta
kedụ

Thank You

Salamat
dalụ

How Are You?

Kumusta
kedụ ka ịmere

Good Night

magandang gabi
ka chi fo

Good Evening

Magandang gabi
mgbede ọma

Good Afternoon

Magandang hapon
ehihie ọma

Good Morning

Magandang umaga
ụtụtụ ọma

Please

Mangyaring
Biko

Sorry

pinagsisisihan
Ndo

Bye

Paalam
Kachifo

I Love You

Mahal kita
a hụrụ m gị n'anya

Excuse Me

patawarin ninyo ako
ngọpụ

Dialects

Dialect 1

Bikol
Enuani

Where They Speak

Philippines
Nigeria

How Many People Speak

100,000,000.0028,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Hiligaynon
Ngwa

Where They Speak

Philippines
Nigeria

How Many People Speak

8,200,000.001,500,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Waray
Not present

Where They Speak

Philippines
-

How Many People Speak

2,600,000.0024.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

820
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

90.00 million25.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

1.74 %0.09 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

45.00 million25.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

45.00 million24.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

filipino
igbo

Alternative Names

Pilipino
Ibo

French Name

filipino; pilipino
igbo

German Name

Pilipino
Ibo-Sprache

Pronunciation

[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]
[iɡ͡boː]

Ethnicity

Filipino people
Igbo people

History

Origin

16th Century
30th Century BC

Language Family

Austronesian Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

-
Kwa

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Filipino
Standard Igbo

Language Position

3457
1 120
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Signed Forms

Filipino Sign Language
Igbo Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

No Data Available
ig

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

fil
ibo

ISO 639 2/B

fil
ibo

ISO 639 3

fil
ibo

ISO 639 6

fil
ibo

Glottocode

fili1244
nucl1417

Linguasphere

No Data Available
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

-
-

Language Morphological Typology

-
Agglutinative

Filipino and Igbo Alphabets

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

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

Filipino and Igbo Speaking population

Filipino and Igbo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Filipino and Igbo languages can be compared. The total count of Filipino and Igbo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Filipino language is 1.74 % 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 Filipino and Igbo on Filipino vs Igbo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Filipino and Igbo Language Codes

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