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Hindi vs Igbo


Igbo vs 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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Hindi and Igbo Language History

Comparison of Hindi vs Igbo language history gives us differences between origin of Hindi and Igbo language. History of Hindi language states that this language originated in 7th Century whereas history of Igbo language states that this language originated in 30th Century BC. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Hindi and Igbo Language History.

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Hindi and Igbo Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Hindi and Igbo greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Hindi and Igbo language. Hindi word for "Hello" is नमस्ते (Namastē) or Igbo word for "Thank You" is dalụ. Find more of such common Hindi Greetings and Igbo Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Hindi vs Igbo Difficulty

The Hindi vs Igbo difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hindi Alphabets and Igbo Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Hindi and Igbo are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hindi and Igbo, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hindi is 44 weeks while to learn Igbo time required is 52 weeks.

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