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Hindi and Igbo


Igbo and Hindi


Countries

Countries
Fiji, India  
Nigeria  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
India  
Nigeria  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania  
Africa  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Equatorial Guinea  

Regulated By
Central Hindi Directorate  
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture  

Interesting Facts
  • In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
  • In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
  
  • 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
Urdu  
Yoruba and Hausa Languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44  
24
36  
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
8  
5

How Many Consonants
33  
23
28  
18

Scripts
Devanagari  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
52 weeks  
18

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (Namastē)  
kedụ  

Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)  
dalụ  

How Are You?
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)  
kedụ ka ịmere  

Good Night
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)  
ka chi fo  

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)  
mgbede ọma  

Good Afternoon
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)  
ehihie ọma  

Good Morning
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)  
ụtụtụ ọma  

Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)  
Biko  

Sorry
खेद (Khēda)  
Ndo  

Bye
अलविदा (Alavidā)  
Kachifo  

I Love You
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)  
a hụrụ m gị n'anya  

Excuse Me
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)  
ngọpụ  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Khariboli  
Enuani  

Where They Speak
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
240,000,000.00  
3
28,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 2
Marwari  
Ngwa  

Where They Speak
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
24
1,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Bundeli  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Bundelkhand  
-  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
24
24.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
20  
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
380.00 million  
5
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
4.70 %  
5
0.09 %  
99+

Native Speakers
260.00 million  
4
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
120.00 million  
6
24.00 million  
28

Native Name
हिन्दी  
igbo  

Alternative Names
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli  
Ibo  

French Name
hindi  
igbo  

German Name
Hindi  
Ibo-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]  
[iɡ͡boː]  

Ethnicity
Hindustani people  
Igbo people  

History

Origin
7th Century  
30th Century BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Kwa  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Hindi  
Standard Igbo  

Language Position
5  
5
57  
99+

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System  
Igbo Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
hi  
ig  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hin  
ibo  

ISO 639 2/B
hin  
ibo  

ISO 639 3
hin  
ibo  

ISO 639 6
hins  
ibo  

Glottocode
hind1269  
nucl1417  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-qf  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Agglutinative  

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

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Hindi and Igbo Speaking population

Hindi and Igbo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Hindi and Igbo languages can be compared. The total count of Hindi and Igbo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Hindi language is 4.70 % 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 Hindi and Igbo on Hindi vs Igbo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Hindi and Igbo Language Codes

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

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