Countries
Nigeria
India, No official status
Total No. Of Countries
10
0
46
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National Language
Nigeria
India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Equatorial Guinea
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
Regulated By
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
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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.
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
Similar To
Yoruba and Hausa Languages
Maithili and Magahi
Derived From
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Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3643
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
811
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2834
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Devanagari
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
34
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
kedụ
प्रणाम (prannam)
Thank You
dalụ
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
Good Night
ka chi fo
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Evening
mgbede ọma
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma
राम राम (raam raam)
Please
Biko
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
Sorry
Ndo
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Bye
Kachifo
प्रणाम (prannam)
I Love You
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
Excuse Me
ngọpụ
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Dialect 1
Enuani
Caribbean Hindustani
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.0016,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Ngwa
Fiji Hindi
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00380,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Not present
Tharu Bhojpuri
Where They Speak
-
India
How Many People Speak
24.0038,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
2013
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million40.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.09 %0.43 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million40.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
24.00 million38.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
igbo
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
Alternative Names
Ibo
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
French Name
igbo
bhojpuri
German Name
Ibo-Sprache
Bhojpuri
Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
Ethnicity
Igbo people
Bhojpuri speakers
Origin
30th Century BC
19th Century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Kwa
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Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Igbo
Bhojpuri
Language Position
5737
1
120
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Signed Forms
Igbo Sign Language
Bhojpuri Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ig
No data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ibo
bho
ISO 639 2/B
ibo
bho
ISO 639 3
ibo
bho
ISO 639 6
ibo
bho
Glottocode
nucl1417
bhoj1246
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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