Countries
Nigeria
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
National Language
Nigeria
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa, Asia
Minority Language
Equatorial Guinea
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- 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.
Similar To
Yoruba and Hausa Languages
Amharic and Hebrew
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
-
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere
كيف حالك؟
Good Night
ka chi fo
تصبح على خير
Good Evening
mgbede ọma
مساء الخير
Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma
مساء الخير
Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma
صباح الخير
I Love You
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
أحبك
Dialect 1
Enuani
Maghrebi
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Sudan
Dialect 3
Not present
Levantine
Where They Speak
-
Cyprus, Levant
Native Name
igbo
(al arabiya) العربية
Alternative Names
Ibo
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
German Name
Ibo-Sprache
Arabisch
Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
Ethnicity
Igbo people
Arabs
Origin
30th Century BC
512 CE
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Igbo
Modern Standard Arabic
Signed Forms
Igbo Sign Language
Signed Arabic
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
Glottocode
nucl1417
arab1395
Linguasphere
No data available
12-AAC
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Fusional, Synthetic
All Igbo and Arabic 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 Igbo and Arabic dialects. Various dialects of Igbo and Arabic language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Igbo are spoken in different Igbo Speaking Countries whereas Arabic Dialects are spoken in different Arabic speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Igbo vs Arabic Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Igbo dialects include: Enuani, Ngwa. Arabic dialects include: Maghrebi , Sudanese. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Igbo and Arabic Speaking population
Igbo and Arabic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Igbo and Arabic languages can be compared. The total count of Igbo and Arabic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Igbo language is 0.09 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 %. 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 Igbo and Arabic on Igbo vs Arabic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Igbo and Arabic Language Codes
Igbo and Arabic language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Igbo and Arabic Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.