Countries
Nigeria
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
Total No. Of Countries
13
0
46
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National Language
Nigeria
Gambia, Kazakhstan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Equatorial Guinea
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Regulated By
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
Kazakh language agency
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 Kazakh language can be written using a variety of scripts.
- Kazakh Language contains many words from Russian, Arabic, Mongol, Persian and other Turkic languages.
Similar To
Yoruba and Hausa Languages
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3624
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
85
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2817
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Cyrillic
Writing Direction
-
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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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Hello
kedụ
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
Thank You
dalụ
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
Good Night
ka chi fo
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
Good Evening
mgbede ọma
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
Please
Biko
өтінемін (ötinemin)
Sorry
Ndo
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
Bye
Kachifo
bye
I Love You
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
Excuse Me
ngọpụ
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
Dialect 1
Enuani
Northeastern Kazakh
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Kazakhstan
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.0018,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Ngwa
Southern Kazakh
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Kazakhstan
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.0018,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Not present
Western Kazakh
Where They Speak
-
Kazakhstan
How Many People Speak
24.0018,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
203
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million11.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.09 %0.17 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million11.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
24.00 million18.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
igbo
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
Alternative Names
Ibo
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
French Name
igbo
kazakh
German Name
Ibo-Sprache
Kasachisch
Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
Ethnicity
Igbo people
Kazahks
Origin
30th Century BC
17th Century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Turkic Family
Subgroup
Kwa
Turkic
Branch
-
Northwestern (Kipchak)
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Igbo
Kazakh
Language Position
5793
1
120
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Signed Forms
Igbo Sign Language
Kazakh Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ig
kk
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ibo
kaz
ISO 639 2/B
ibo
kaz
ISO 639 3
ibo
kaz
ISO 639 6
ibo
kaz
Glottocode
nucl1417
kaza1248
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Agglutinative