Igbo and Chinese
Countries
Nigeria
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
National Language
Nigeria
China, Taiwan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Equatorial Guinea
Indonesia, Malaysia
Regulated By
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin 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.
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
Similar To
Yoruba and Hausa Languages
Japanese and Korean Languages
Alphabets in
Igbo-Alphabets.jpg#200
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Scripts
Latin
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Thank You
dalụ
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Good Night
ka chi fo
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Good Evening
mgbede ọma
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma
早安 (Zǎo ān)
I Love You
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Excuse Me
ngọpụ
劳驾 (Láojià)
Dialect 1
Enuani
Mandarin
Where They Speak
Nigeria
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Where They Speak
Nigeria
China, United States of America
Dialect 3
Not present
Yue
Where They Speak
-
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
Native Name
igbo
中文 (zhōngwén)
Alternative Names
Ibo
Zhongwen, Hanyu
German Name
Ibo-Sprache
Chinesisch
Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]
Ethnicity
Igbo people
Han
Origin
30th Century BC
1250 BC
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Igbo
Standard Chinese
Signed Forms
Igbo Sign Language
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
nucl1417
sini1245
Linguasphere
No data available
79-AAA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Analytic, Isolating
All Igbo and Chinese 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 Chinese dialects. Various dialects of Igbo and Chinese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Igbo are spoken in different Igbo Speaking Countries whereas Chinese Dialects are spoken in different Chinese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Igbo vs Chinese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Igbo dialects include: Enuani, Ngwa. Chinese dialects include: Mandarin , Wu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Igbo and Chinese Speaking population
Igbo and Chinese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Igbo and Chinese languages can be compared. The total count of Igbo and Chinese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Igbo language is 0.09 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 %. 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 Chinese on Igbo vs Chinese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Igbo and Chinese Language Codes
Igbo and Chinese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Igbo and Chinese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.