Countries
Nigeria
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
Total No. Of Countries
14
0
46
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National Language
Nigeria
India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Equatorial Guinea
Israel, Mauritius
Regulated By
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
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.
- Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
- Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
Similar To
Yoruba and Hausa Languages
Konkani Language
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3652
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
816
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2836
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Devanagari
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks4 weeks
3
88
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Hello
kedụ
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
Thank You
dalụ
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
Good Night
ka chi fo
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
Good Evening
mgbede ọma
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
Please
Biko
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Sorry
Ndo
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
Bye
Kachifo
बाय (Bāya)
I Love You
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
Excuse Me
ngọpụ
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
Dialect 1
Enuani
Maharashtrian Konkani
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Kokan
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.002,400,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Ngwa
Varhadi
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Vidarbha
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.007,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Not present
Khandeshi
Where They Speak
-
Khandesh
How Many People Speak
24.001,900,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
2042
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million71.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.09 %1.10 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million68.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
24.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
igbo
मराठी (marāṭhī)
Alternative Names
Ibo
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
French Name
igbo
marathe
German Name
Ibo-Sprache
Marathi
Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
Ethnicity
Igbo people
Marathi people
Origin
30th Century BC
10th century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Kwa
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
Standard Forms
Standard Igbo
Marathi
Language Position
5717
1
120
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Signed Forms
Igbo Sign Language
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ig
mr
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ibo
mar
ISO 639 2/B
ibo
mar
ISO 639 3
ibo
mar
ISO 639 6
ibo
mar
Glottocode
nucl1417
mara1378
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
-