Countries
Nigeria
Burkina Faso
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Nigeria
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
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.
- Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
- Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
Similar To
Yoruba and Hausa Languages
Dagbani Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3626
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
88
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2816
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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Hello
kedụ
Kia ora
Thank You
dalụ
Laafi bala
How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere
Laafi beme ?
Good Night
ka chi fo
Ne y yungo
Good Evening
mgbede ọma
ne y zabre
Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma
Kia ora
Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma
Ne y yibeogo
Please
Biko
gafare
Sorry
Ndo
gafare
Bye
Kachifo
Wend na kon-d nindaare
I Love You
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
Kei te aroha au ki a koe
Excuse Me
ngọpụ
Y gafare
Dialect 1
Enuani
Ouapadoupou
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Burkina Faso
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.007,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Ngwa
Saremde
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Burkina Faso
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.007,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Not present
Taolende
Where They Speak
-
Burkina Faso
How Many People Speak
24.007,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
208
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million7.60 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.09 %0.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million7.60 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
24.00 million5.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
igbo
Mosse
Alternative Names
Ibo
Mossi, Mòoré, Mooré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi, Mòoré, Moré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi
French Name
igbo
moré
German Name
Ibo-Sprache
Mossi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]
[mɔ̀ːsì]
Ethnicity
Igbo people
Mossi
Origin
30th Century BC
11th Century AD
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Kwa
Western Sudanic
Branch
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Gur (Voltaic)
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Igbo
Mossi
Language Position
5737
1
120
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Signed Forms
Igbo Sign Language
Mossi Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ig
No data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ibo
mos
ISO 639 2/B
ibo
mos
ISO 639 3
ibo
mos
ISO 639 6
ibo
mos
Glottocode
nucl1417
moss1236
Linguasphere
No data available
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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