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Igbo and Esperanto


Esperanto and Igbo


Countries

Countries
Nigeria  
East Asia, European Union, South America  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

National Language
Nigeria  
East Asia, European Union  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Central Europe, East Asia, Eastern Europe, South America  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia, Europe, South America  

Minority Language
Equatorial Guinea  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture  
Akademio de Esperanto  

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.
  
  • The most widely spoken constructed language in the world is Esperanto.
  • Esperanto is an artificial international language.
  

Similar To
Yoruba and Hausa Languages  
Latin and Italian Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Igbo-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Esperanto-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
36  
18
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
5  
2

How Many Consonants
28  
18
27  
17

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks  
18
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

Hello
kedụ  
Halo  

Thank You
dalụ  
Dankon  

How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere  
Kiel vi sanas?  

Good Night
ka chi fo  
Bonan nokton  

Good Evening
mgbede ọma  
Bonan vesperon  

Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma  
Bonan posttagmezon  

Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma  
Bonan matenon  

Please
Biko  
Mi petas  

Sorry
Ndo  
Mi bedaŭras!  

Bye
Kachifo  
Ĝis poste  

I Love You
a hụrụ m gị n'anya  
Mi amas vin  

Excuse Me
ngọpụ  
Pardonu!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Enuani  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Not present  

How Many People Speak
28,000,000.00  
24
2,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Ngwa  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Not present  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
1,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Not present  
Not present  

Where They Speak
-  
Not present  

How Many People Speak
24.00  
99+
2,000,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
0  

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million  
40
2.20 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.09 %  
99+
0.03 %  
99+

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
0.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
24.00 million  
28
2.00 million  
99+

Native Name
igbo  
Esperanto  

Alternative Names
Ibo  
Eo, La Lingvo Internacia  

French Name
igbo  
espéranto  

German Name
Ibo-Sprache  
Esperanto  

Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]  
[espeˈranto]  

Ethnicity
Igbo people  
Esperanto speakers  

History

Origin
30th Century BC  
1887  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Kwa  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Esperanto  

Standard Forms
Standard Igbo  
Esperanto  

Language Position
57  
99+
33  
31

Signed Forms
Igbo Sign Language  
Signuno  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ig  
eo  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ibo  
epo  

ISO 639 2/B
ibo  
epo  

ISO 639 3
ibo  
epo  

ISO 639 6
ibo  
epo  

Glottocode
nucl1417  
espe1235  

Linguasphere
No data available  
51-AAB-da  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Constructed  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Agglutinative  

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

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Igbo and Esperanto Speaking population

Igbo and Esperanto speaking population is one of the factors based on which Igbo and Esperanto languages can be compared. The total count of Igbo and Esperanto Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Igbo language is 0.09 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Esperanto language is 0.03 %. 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 Esperanto on Igbo vs Esperanto where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Igbo and Esperanto Language Codes

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

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