Countries
Nigeria
European Union, Ireland
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Nigeria
Ireland
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Ireland
Speaking Continents
Africa
Europe
Minority Language
Equatorial Guinea
United Kingdom
Regulated By
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
Foras na Gaeilge
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.
- In Irish language, there are no exact words for "yes" or "no".
- There are different set of numbers for counting humans and another set for counting non-humans in Irish Language.
Similar To
Yoruba and Hausa Languages
Scottish Gaelic and Welsh Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3618
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
85
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2813
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks36 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
kedụ
Dia dhuit
Thank You
dalụ
Go raibh maith agat
How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere
Conas atá tú ?
Good Night
ka chi fo
Oíche mhaith
Good Evening
mgbede ọma
Tráthnóna maith duit
Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma
Tráthnóna maith duit
Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma
Dia dhuit ar maidin
Please
Biko
le do thoil
Sorry
Ndo
Tá brón orm
Bye
Kachifo
Slán
I Love You
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
Is breá liom thú
Excuse Me
ngọpụ
Gabh mo leithscéal
Dialect 1
Enuani
Connacht Irish
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Connacht
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.00100,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Ngwa
Munster Irish
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Munster
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00150,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Not present
Ulster Irish
Where They Speak
-
Ulster
How Many People Speak
24.00140,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
204
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million1.79 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.09 %0.03 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million0.14 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
24.00 million1.65 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
igbo
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
Alternative Names
Ibo
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
French Name
igbo
irlandais moyen
German Name
Ibo-Sprache
Mittelirisch
Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
Ethnicity
Igbo people
Irish people
Origin
30th Century BC
c. 750
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Kwa
Celtic
Branch
-
Goidelic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
Standard Forms
Standard Igbo
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
Language Position
5725
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Igbo Sign Language
Irish Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ig
ga
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ibo
gle
ISO 639 2/B
ibo
gle
ISO 639 3
ibo
gle
ISO 639 6
ibo
gle
Glottocode
nucl1417
iris1253
Linguasphere
No data available
50-AAA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Fusional