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Countries

Countries

Nigeria
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone

Total No. Of Countries

14
0 46
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National Language

Nigeria
Bangladesh, India

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
India

Speaking Continents

Africa
Asia

Minority Language

Equatorial Guinea
Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America

Regulated By

Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi

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.
  • Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
  • 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.

Similar To

Yoruba and Hausa Languages
Assamese and Oriya

Derived From

-
Sanskrit Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3651
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

811
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2840
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives

Writing Direction

-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

32
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

52 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

kedụ
হ্যালো (Hyālō)

Thank You

dalụ
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)

How Are You?

kedụ ka ịmere
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)

Good Night

ka chi fo
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)

Good Evening

mgbede ọma
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)

Good Afternoon

ehihie ọma
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)

Good Morning

ụtụtụ ọma
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)

Please

Biko
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)

Sorry

Ndo
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)

Bye

Kachifo
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)

I Love You

a hụrụ m gị n'anya
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)

Excuse Me

ngọpụ
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Enuani
Chakma

Where They Speak

Nigeria
Bangladesh, Burma, India

How Many People Speak

28,000,000.00330,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Ngwa
Hajong

Where They Speak

Nigeria
Bangladesh, India

How Many People Speak

1,500,000.0071,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Not present
Rarhi

Where They Speak

-
India

How Many People Speak

24.00230,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

2025
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

25.00 million215.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.09 %3.11 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

25.00 million196.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

24.00 million19.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

igbo
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)

Alternative Names

Ibo
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa

French Name

igbo
bengali

German Name

Ibo-Sprache
Bengali

Pronunciation

[iɡ͡boː]
[ˈbeŋɡali]

Ethnicity

Igbo people
Bengalis (Bengali people)

History

Origin

30th Century BC
1000–1200 CE

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Kwa
Indo-Iranian

Branch

-
Indic

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali

Standard Forms

Standard Igbo
Bengali

Language Position

574
1 120
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Signed Forms

Igbo Sign Language
Signed Bengali

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ig
bn

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ibo
ben

ISO 639 2/B

ibo
ben

ISO 639 3

ibo
ben

ISO 639 6

ibo
ben

Glottocode

nucl1417
beng1280

Linguasphere

No data available
59-AAF-u

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

-
-

Language Morphological Typology

Agglutinative
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Igbo and Bengali Alphabets

Igbo and Bengali Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Igbo and Bengali. In Igbo Alphabets there are 36 letters while in Bengali Alphabets there are 51 letters. To learn Igbo and Bengali languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Igbo and Bengali languages. The Igbo phonology consist Igbo vowels and Igbo consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Igbo greetings vs Bengali greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Igbo and Bengali are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Igbo and Bengali Speaking population

Igbo and Bengali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Igbo and Bengali languages can be compared. The total count of Igbo and Bengali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Igbo language is 0.09 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Bengali language is 3.11 %. 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 Bengali on Igbo vs Bengali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Igbo and Bengali Language Codes

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