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Igbo
Igbo

Cebuano
Cebuano



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Countries

Countries

Nigeria
Philippines

Total No. Of Countries

11
0 46
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National Language

Nigeria
Philippines

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Philippines

Speaking Continents

Africa
Asia

Minority Language

Equatorial Guinea
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters

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.
  • About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
  • Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.

Similar To

Yoruba and Hausa Languages
Hiligaynon Language

Derived From

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Island of Cebu

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3621
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

85
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2816
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

32
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

52 weeks3 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

kedụ
Hoy

Thank You

dalụ
Salamat

How Are You?

kedụ ka ịmere
Kumusta man ka?

Good Night

ka chi fo
Maayong Gabii

Good Evening

mgbede ọma
Maayong Gabii

Good Afternoon

ehihie ọma
Maayong Hapon

Good Morning

ụtụtụ ọma
Maayong Buntag

Please

Biko
Palihug

Sorry

Ndo
Ikasubo ko

Bye

Kachifo
Babay

I Love You

a hụrụ m gị n'anya
Gihigugma ko ikaw

Excuse Me

ngọpụ
Ekskyus mi

Dialects

Dialect 1

Enuani
Boholano

Where They Speak

Nigeria
Bohol

How Many People Speak

28,000,000.0021,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Ngwa
Southern Kana

Where They Speak

Nigeria
southern Leyte

How Many People Speak

1,500,000.0021,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Not present
North Kana

Where They Speak

-
northern part of Leyte

How Many People Speak

24.0020,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

204
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

25.00 million20.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.09 %0.32 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

25.00 million21.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

24.00 million14.50 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

igbo
Visayan

Alternative Names

Ibo
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan

French Name

igbo
cebuano

German Name

Ibo-Sprache
Cebuano

Pronunciation

[iɡ͡boː]
[sɛbuˈɑno]

Ethnicity

Igbo people
Cebuano people

History

Origin

30th Century BC
16th century

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Austronesian Family

Subgroup

Kwa
-

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Standard Igbo
Standard Cebuano

Language Position

5762
1 120
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Signed Forms

Igbo Sign Language
Cebuano Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ig
No data Available

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ibo
ceb

ISO 639 2/B

ibo
ceb

ISO 639 3

ibo
ceb

ISO 639 6

ibo
ceb

Glottocode

nucl1417
cebu1242

Linguasphere

No data available
No data Available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Verb-Subject-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Agglutinative
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Igbo and Cebuano Alphabets

Igbo and Cebuano Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Igbo and Cebuano. In Igbo Alphabets there are 36 letters while in Cebuano Alphabets there are 21 letters. To learn Igbo and Cebuano languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Igbo and Cebuano 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 Cebuano greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Igbo and Cebuano are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Igbo and Cebuano Speaking population

Igbo and Cebuano speaking population is one of the factors based on which Igbo and Cebuano languages can be compared. The total count of Igbo and Cebuano Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Igbo language is 0.09 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Cebuano language is 0.32 %. 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 Cebuano on Igbo vs Cebuano where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Igbo and Cebuano Language Codes

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