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Igbo

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Countries

Countries

Nigeria
Madagascar

Total No. Of Countries

11
0 46
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National Language

Nigeria
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa
Africa

Minority Language

Equatorial Guinea
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
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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.
  • Malagasy language was originated in southeast Asia, since it shares several common words and meanings with Indonesian Languages.
  • About 93% of the basic vocabulary is of Malayo-Polynesian origin in Malagasy language.

Similar To

Yoruba and Hausa Languages
Swahili and Comorian Languages

Derived From

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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3621
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

85
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2820
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 weeks30 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

kedụ
Salama!

Thank You

dalụ
Misaotra

How Are You?

kedụ ka ịmere
Manao ahoana!

Good Night

ka chi fo
Alina tsara

Good Evening

mgbede ọma
Manao ahoana e

Good Afternoon

ehihie ọma
Manao ahoana e

Good Morning

ụtụtụ ọma
Maraina tsara

Please

Biko
azafady

Sorry

Ndo
Miala tsiny

Bye

Kachifo
Veloma!

I Love You

a hụrụ m gị n'anya
Tiako ianao.

Excuse Me

ngọpụ
Azafady

Dialects

Dialect 1

Enuani
Eastern Malagasy

Where They Speak

Nigeria
Merina

How Many People Speak

28,000,000.005,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Ngwa
Western Malagasy

Where They Speak

Nigeria
Sakalava

How Many People Speak

1,500,000.001,200,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Not present
Plateau Malagasy

Where They Speak

-
-

How Many People Speak

24.0020,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

202
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

25.00 million25.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.09 %0.28 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

25.00 million18.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

24.00 million18.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

igbo
Fiteny Malagasy

Alternative Names

Ibo
Malagasy Sign Language

French Name

igbo
malgache

German Name

Ibo-Sprache
Malagassi-Sprache

Pronunciation

[iɡ͡boː]
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]

Ethnicity

Igbo people
Malagasy people

History

Origin

30th Century BC
1000 AD

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Austronesian Family

Subgroup

Kwa
Austronesian

Branch

-
Indonesian

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Standard Igbo
standard Malagasy

Language Position

5784
1 120
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Signed Forms

Igbo Sign Language
Malagasy Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

ig
mg

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ibo
mlg

ISO 639 2/B

ibo
mlg

ISO 639 3

ibo
mlg

ISO 639 6

ibo
mlg

Glottocode

nucl1417
mala1537

Linguasphere

No data available
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Verb-Object-Subject

Language Morphological Typology

Agglutinative
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Igbo and Malagasy Alphabets

Igbo and Malagasy Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Igbo and Malagasy. In Igbo Alphabets there are 36 letters while in Malagasy Alphabets there are 21 letters. To learn Igbo and Malagasy languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Igbo and Malagasy 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 Malagasy greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Igbo and Malagasy are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Igbo and Malagasy Speaking population

Igbo and Malagasy speaking population is one of the factors based on which Igbo and Malagasy languages can be compared. The total count of Igbo and Malagasy Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Igbo language is 0.09 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Malagasy language is 0.28 %. 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 Malagasy on Igbo vs Malagasy where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Igbo and Malagasy Language Codes

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