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Igbo

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Countries

Countries

Nigeria
Ethiopia, Kenya

Total No. Of Countries

12
0 46
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National Language

Nigeria
Ethiopia

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa
Africa

Minority Language

Equatorial Guinea
Somalia

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.
  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.

Similar To

Yoruba and Hausa Languages
Somali Language

Derived From

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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3634
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

810
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2824
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
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Hard to Learn

Language Levels

35
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

52 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

kedụ
akkam

Thank You

dalụ
Galatoomi

How Are You?

kedụ ka ịmere
Attam jirta/jirtu?

Good Night

ka chi fo
Nagayattii buli

Good Evening

mgbede ọma
Akkam waarite

Good Afternoon

ehihie ọma
Attam oolte / ooltan

Good Morning

ụtụtụ ọma
Attam bulte/bultan

Please

Biko
Maaloo

Sorry

Ndo
naa dhiisi

Bye

Kachifo
Nagayattii!

I Love You

a hụrụ m gị n'anya
Sin jaaladha

Excuse Me

ngọpụ
Maaloo na dabarsi

Dialects

Dialect 1

Enuani
Borana

Where They Speak

Nigeria
Ethiopia, Kenya

How Many People Speak

28,000,000.004,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Ngwa
Orma

Where They Speak

Nigeria
Kenya

How Many People Speak

1,500,000.0066,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Not present
Wata

Where They Speak

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Kenya

How Many People Speak

24.0013,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

2017
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

25.00 million25.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.09 %0.36 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

25.00 million24.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

24.00 million35.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

igbo
Afaan Oromo

Alternative Names

Ibo
Afaan Oromoo

French Name

igbo
galla

German Name

Ibo-Sprache
Galla-Sprache

Pronunciation

[iɡ͡boː]
[ɔrɔmɔ]

Ethnicity

Igbo people
Oromos

History

Origin

30th Century BC
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Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Afro-Asiatic Family

Subgroup

Kwa
Cushitic

Branch

-
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Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Standard Igbo
Afaan Oromo

Language Position

5791
1 120
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Signed Forms

Igbo Sign Language
Oromo Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

ig
om

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ibo
orm

ISO 639 2/B

ibo
orm

ISO 639 3

ibo
orm

ISO 639 6

ibo
orm

Glottocode

nucl1417
nucl1736

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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Igbo and Oromo Alphabets

Igbo and Oromo Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Igbo and Oromo. In Igbo Alphabets there are 36 letters while in Oromo Alphabets there are 34 letters. To learn Igbo and Oromo languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Igbo and Oromo languages. The Igbo phonology consist Igbo vowels and Igbo consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Igbo greetings vs Oromo greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Igbo and Oromo are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Igbo and Oromo Speaking population

Igbo and Oromo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Igbo and Oromo languages can be compared. The total count of Igbo and Oromo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Igbo language is 0.09 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Oromo language is 0.36 %. 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 Oromo on Igbo vs Oromo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Igbo and Oromo Language Codes

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