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Igbo
Igbo

Filipino
Filipino



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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
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino

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.
  • "Filipino" was officially declared as national language by the constitution in 1987.
  • "Filipino" is the official name of Tagalog, or synonym of it.

Similar To

Yoruba and Hausa Languages
Tagalog Language

Derived From

-
Spanish Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3628
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

85
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2823
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

33
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

52 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

kedụ
Kumusta

Thank You

dalụ
Salamat

How Are You?

kedụ ka ịmere
Kumusta

Good Night

ka chi fo
magandang gabi

Good Evening

mgbede ọma
Magandang gabi

Good Afternoon

ehihie ọma
Magandang hapon

Good Morning

ụtụtụ ọma
Magandang umaga

Please

Biko
Mangyaring

Sorry

Ndo
pinagsisisihan

Bye

Kachifo
Paalam

I Love You

a hụrụ m gị n'anya
Mahal kita

Excuse Me

ngọpụ
patawarin ninyo ako

Dialects

Dialect 1

Enuani
Bikol

Where They Speak

Nigeria
Philippines

How Many People Speak

28,000,000.00100,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Ngwa
Hiligaynon

Where They Speak

Nigeria
Philippines

How Many People Speak

1,500,000.008,200,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Not present
Waray

Where They Speak

-
Philippines

How Many People Speak

24.002,600,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

208
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

25.00 million90.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.09 %1.74 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

25.00 million45.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

24.00 million45.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

igbo
filipino

Alternative Names

Ibo
Pilipino

French Name

igbo
filipino; pilipino

German Name

Ibo-Sprache
Pilipino

Pronunciation

[iɡ͡boː]
[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]

Ethnicity

Igbo people
Filipino 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
Filipino

Language Position

5734
1 120
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Signed Forms

Igbo Sign Language
Filipino Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ig
No Data Available

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ibo
fil

ISO 639 2/B

ibo
fil

ISO 639 3

ibo
fil

ISO 639 6

ibo
fil

Glottocode

nucl1417
fili1244

Linguasphere

No data available
No Data Available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

-
-

Language Morphological Typology

Agglutinative
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Igbo and Filipino Alphabets

Igbo and Filipino Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Igbo and Filipino. In Igbo Alphabets there are 36 letters while in Filipino Alphabets there are 28 letters. To learn Igbo and Filipino languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Igbo and Filipino 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 Filipino greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Igbo and Filipino are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Igbo and Filipino Speaking population

Igbo and Filipino speaking population is one of the factors based on which Igbo and Filipino languages can be compared. The total count of Igbo and Filipino Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Igbo language is 0.09 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Filipino language is 1.74 %. 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 Filipino on Igbo vs Filipino where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Igbo and Filipino Language Codes

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