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Igbo
Igbo

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Chewa



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Countries

Countries

Nigeria
Malawi, Zimbabwe

Total No. Of Countries

12
0 46
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National Language

Nigeria
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa
Africa

Minority Language

Equatorial Guinea
Zambia

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.
  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.

Similar To

Yoruba and Hausa Languages
Zulu language

Derived From

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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3631
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

85
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2818
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

35
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

52 weeks32 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

kedụ
Moni

Thank You

dalụ
Zikomo

How Are You?

kedụ ka ịmere
Muli bwanji?

Good Night

ka chi fo
Usiku wabwino

Good Evening

mgbede ọma
Madzulo abwino

Good Afternoon

ehihie ọma
Masana abwino

Good Morning

ụtụtụ ọma
M'mawa wabwino

Please

Biko
Chonde

Sorry

Ndo
pepani

Bye

Kachifo
anatsanzikana

I Love You

a hụrụ m gị n'anya
Ndimakukondani

Excuse Me

ngọpụ
Pepani

Dialects

Dialect 1

Enuani
Kasungu

Where They Speak

Nigeria
Malawi, Zambia

How Many People Speak

28,000,000.0012,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Ngwa
Kikamtunda

Where They Speak

Nigeria
Malawi, Zambia

How Many People Speak

1,500,000.0010,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Not present
Kimaravi

Where They Speak

-
Malawi, Zambia

How Many People Speak

24.001,200,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

205
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

25.00 million12.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.09 %0.17 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

25.00 million12.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

24.00 million1.50 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

igbo
Nyanja

Alternative Names

Ibo
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa

French Name

igbo
chichewa; chewa; nyanja

German Name

Ibo-Sprache
Nyanja-Sprache

Pronunciation

[iɡ͡boː]
[ˈtʃewa]

Ethnicity

Igbo people
Chewa people

History

Origin

30th Century BC
15th Century

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

Kwa
Benue-Congo

Branch

-
Bantu

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Standard Igbo
Chewa

Language Position

5727
1 120
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Signed Forms

Igbo Sign Language
Chewa Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ig
ny

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ibo
nya

ISO 639 2/B

ibo
nya

ISO 639 3

ibo
nya

ISO 639 6

ibo
nya

Glottocode

nucl1417
nyan1308

Linguasphere

No data available
99-AUS-xaa – xag

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

-
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Language Morphological Typology

Agglutinative
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Igbo and Chewa Alphabets

Igbo and Chewa Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Igbo and Chewa. In Igbo Alphabets there are 36 letters while in Chewa Alphabets there are 31 letters. To learn Igbo and Chewa languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Igbo and Chewa 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 Chewa greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Igbo and Chewa are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Igbo and Chewa Speaking population

Igbo and Chewa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Igbo and Chewa languages can be compared. The total count of Igbo and Chewa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Igbo language is 0.09 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Chewa language is 0.17 %. 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 Chewa on Igbo vs Chewa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Igbo and Chewa Language Codes

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