Countries
Nigeria
India, Karnataka, India
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Nigeria
Karnataka, India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Goa
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Equatorial Guinea
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Regulated By
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
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.
- Kannada is the third oldest language after Sanskrit and Tamil of India
- Kannada language is only Indian language which got maximum i.e. 8 GyanaPeetha Awards.
Similar To
Yoruba and Hausa Languages
Telugu
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3649
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
814
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2835
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Kannada Script
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
kedụ
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
Thank You
dalụ
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
Good Night
ka chi fo
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
Good Evening
mgbede ọma
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
Please
Biko
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
Sorry
Ndo
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
Bye
Kachifo
ಬೈ (Bai)
I Love You
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
Excuse Me
ngọpụ
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
Dialect 1
Enuani
Badaga
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.00540,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Ngwa
Urali
Where They Speak
Nigeria
kerala
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.006,440.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Not present
Kurumba
Where They Speak
-
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
24.00220,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
2020
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
25.00 million49.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.09 %0.58 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
25.00 million38.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
24.00 million11.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
igbo
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
Alternative Names
Ibo
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
French Name
igbo
kannada
German Name
Ibo-Sprache
Kannada
Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
Ethnicity
Igbo people
Kannadiga
Origin
30th Century BC
c. 450
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Kwa
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Kannada, Kannada
Standard Forms
Standard Igbo
Modern Kannada
Language Position
5731
1
120
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Signed Forms
Igbo Sign Language
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ig
kn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ibo
kan
ISO 639 2/B
ibo
kan
ISO 639 3
ibo
kan
ISO 639 6
ibo
kan
Glottocode
nucl1417
nucl1305
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
-