Countries
Nigeria
India, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Nigeria
India, Pakistan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Pakistan
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Equatorial Guinea
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
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.
- Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
- Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
Similar To
Yoruba and Hausa Languages
Hindi Language
Derived From
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Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3653
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
89
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2841
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
34
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks6 weeks
3
88
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Hello
kedụ
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
Thank You
dalụ
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
Good Night
ka chi fo
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
Good Evening
mgbede ọma
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Please
Biko
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
Sorry
Ndo
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
Bye
Kachifo
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
I Love You
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
Excuse Me
ngọpụ
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
Dialect 1
Enuani
Pothohari
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Pakistan
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.002,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Ngwa
Saraiki
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.0020,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Not present
Doabi
Where They Speak
-
Pakistan, Punjab, India
How Many People Speak
24.00130,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
2030
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
25.00 million154.30 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.09 %1.44 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
25.00 million100.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
24.00 million54.30 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
igbo
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
Alternative Names
Ibo
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
French Name
igbo
pendjabi
German Name
Ibo-Sprache
Pandschabi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]
Not Availble
Ethnicity
Igbo people
Punjabis
Origin
30th Century BC
1000 AD
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Kwa
Indo-Iranian
Branch
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Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
Standard Forms
Standard Igbo
Modern Punjabi
Language Position
5723
1
120
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Signed Forms
Igbo Sign Language
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
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ISO 639 1
ig
pa
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ibo
pan
ISO 639 2/B
ibo
pan
ISO 639 3
ibo
pan
ISO 639 6
ibo
panj
Glottocode
nucl1417
panj1256
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
-
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Fusional