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Igbo and Malaysian


Malaysian and Igbo


Countries

Countries
Nigeria   
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
3   
12

National Language
Nigeria   
Malaysia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Indonesia   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia   

Minority Language
Equatorial Guinea   
Thailand   

Regulated By
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture   
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka   

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.
  
  • One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
  • Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Indonesian Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Tamil Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Igbo-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Malaysian-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
36   
18
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
6   
3

How Many Consonants
28   
18
24   
14

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks   
12
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
kedụ   
Hai   

Thank You
dalụ   
terima kasih   

How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere   
Apa khabar?   

Good Night
ka chi fo   
Selamat Malam   

Good Evening
mgbede ọma   
Selamat Petang   

Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma   
Selamat tengah hari   

Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma   
Selamat pagi   

Please
Biko   
sila   

Sorry
Ndo   
maaf   

Bye
Not Available   
Selamat tinggal   

I Love You
a hụrụ m gị n'anya   
Saya sayang kamu   

Excuse Me
ngọpụ   
Maafkan saya   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Enuani   
Bengkulu   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,600,000.00   
25

Dialect 2
Ngwa   
Pekal   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00   
22
30,000.00   
40

Dialect 3
Not present   
Musi   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
3,100,000.00   
11

Total No. Of Dialects
20   
18
24   
20

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million   
40
175.00 million   
10

Speaking Population
Not Available   
1.16 %   
14

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
77.00 million   
12

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
98.00 million   
8

Native Name
igbo   
Bahasa melayu   

Alternative Names
Ibo   
Not Available   

French Name
igbo   
malais   

German Name
Ibo-Sprache   
Malaiisch   

Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]   
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]   

Ethnicity
Igbo people   
Not Available   

History

Origin
30th Century BC   
c. 683 AD   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Kwa   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,   

Standard Forms
Standard Igbo   
Pluricentric Standard Malay   

Language Position
57   
99+
54   
39

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Malaysian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ig   
ms   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ibo   
msa   

ISO 639 2/B
ibo   
may   

ISO 639 3
ibo   
zsm   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1417   
stan1306   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Agglutinative   

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

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Igbo and Malaysian Speaking population

Igbo and Malaysian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Igbo and Malaysian languages can be compared. The total count of Igbo and Malaysian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Igbo language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Malaysian language is 1.16 %. 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 Malaysian on Igbo vs Malaysian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Igbo and Malaysian Language Codes

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

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