Countries
Nigeria
India, Manipur
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Nigeria
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Equatorial Guinea
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
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.
- Meithei Language is currently classified as a vulnerable language by UNESCO.
- The oldest document in Methei language was dated back in 8th century were inscriptions on the copper plate.
Similar To
Yoruba and Hausa Languages
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3627
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
86
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2815
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Bengali
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
kedụ
Khurumjari
Thank You
dalụ
Yamna nungaijare
How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
Good Night
ka chi fo
Athengba Ahing
Good Evening
mgbede ọma
মানিপুরি
Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma
Nongale haugatl
Please
Biko
Chanbiduna
Sorry
Ndo
Saobiganu
Bye
Kachifo
Chatcharage
I Love You
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
Eina nangbu nungsi
Excuse Me
ngọpụ
দুঃখিত
Dialect 1
Enuani
Loi
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Burma, Laos
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.005,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Ngwa
Pangal
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Bangladesh, India
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00273,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Not present
Meithei proper
Where They Speak
-
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
How Many People Speak
24.001,250,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
206
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million1.50 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.09 %0.01 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million1.50 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
24.00 million1.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
igbo
মৈইতৈইলোন
Alternative Names
Ibo
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
French Name
igbo
Meithei
German Name
Ibo-Sprache
Meithei
Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
Ethnicity
Igbo people
Meithei people
Origin
30th Century BC
1700
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Kwa
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Igbo
Standard Meithei
Language Position
5738
1
120
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Signed Forms
Igbo Sign Language
Meithei Sign Language
Scope
Individual
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ISO 639 1
ig
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ibo
mni
ISO 639 2/B
ibo
mni
ISO 639 3
ibo
mni
ISO 639 6
ibo
mni
Glottocode
nucl1417
mani1292
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
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Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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