Countries
Nigeria
India
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Nigeria
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
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.
- The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
- Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
Similar To
Yoruba and Hausa Languages
Bengali and Assamese
Derived From
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Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3642
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
811
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2831
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
kedụ
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
Thank You
dalụ
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
Good Night
ka chi fo
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
Good Evening
mgbede ọma
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
Please
Biko
ଦୟାକରି
Sorry
Ndo
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
Bye
Kachifo
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
I Love You
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
Excuse Me
ngọpụ
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
Dialect 1
Enuani
Baleswari
Where They Speak
Nigeria
India
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.0033,800,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Ngwa
Ganjami
Where They Speak
Nigeria
India
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.0033,800,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Not present
Kosli
Where They Speak
-
India
How Many People Speak
24.00520,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
208
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million33.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.09 %0.50 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million33.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
24.00 million35.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
igbo
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
Alternative Names
Ibo
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
French Name
igbo
oriya
German Name
Ibo-Sprache
Oriya-Sprache
Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]
[ˈoɽia]
Ethnicity
Igbo people
Odias
Origin
30th Century BC
3 BC
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Kwa
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Igbo
Standard Odia
Language Position
5732
1
120
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Signed Forms
Igbo Sign Language
Indian Signing System
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
ig
or
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ibo
ori
ISO 639 2/B
ibo
ori
ISO 639 3
ibo
ori
ISO 639 6
ibo
ori
Glottocode
nucl1417
macr1269
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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