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Igbo and Sanskrit


Sanskrit and Igbo


Countries

Countries
Nigeria  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

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  
-  

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.
  
  • Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
  • Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  

Similar To
Yoruba and Hausa Languages  
Old German Language  

Derived From
-  
Prakrit Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Igbo-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Sanskrit-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
36  
18
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
16  
13

How Many Consonants
28  
18
36  
26

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks  
18
20 weeks  
5

Greetings

Hello
kedụ  
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)  

Thank You
dalụ  
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)  

How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere  
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)  

Good Night
ka chi fo  
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)  

Good Evening
mgbede ọma  
शुभः सायंकालः  

Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma  
शुभ दुपार  

Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma  
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)  

Please
Biko  
कृपया (kripayā)  

Sorry
Ndo  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  

Bye
Kachifo  
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)  

I Love You
a hụrụ m gị n'anya  
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)  

Excuse Me
ngọpụ  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Enuani  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
-  

How Many People Speak
28,000,000.00  
24
140,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Ngwa  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
-  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
140,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Not present  
Not present  

Where They Speak
-  
-  

How Many People Speak
24.00  
99+
140,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
0  

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million  
40
14.10 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.09 %  
99+
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
14.10 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
24.00 million  
28
-  

Native Name
igbo  
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)  

Alternative Names
Ibo  
Saṃskṛtam, Sanskritam  

French Name
igbo  
sanskrit  

German Name
Ibo-Sprache  
Sanskrit  

Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]  
[səmskr̩t̪əm]  

Ethnicity
Igbo people  
Sanskrit speakers  

History

Origin
30th Century BC  
2000 B.C.  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Kwa  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Vedic Sanskrit  

Standard Forms
Standard Igbo  
Sanskrit  

Language Position
57  
99+
23  
21

Signed Forms
Igbo Sign Language  
-  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ig  
sa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ibo  
san  

ISO 639 2/B
ibo  
san  

ISO 639 3
ibo  
san  

ISO 639 6
ibo  
san  

Glottocode
nucl1417  
sans1269  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Ancient  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Synthetic  

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

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Igbo and Sanskrit Speaking population

Igbo and Sanskrit speaking population is one of the factors based on which Igbo and Sanskrit languages can be compared. The total count of Igbo and Sanskrit Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Igbo language is 0.09 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Sanskrit language is 0.01 %. 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 Sanskrit on Igbo vs Sanskrit where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Igbo and Sanskrit Language Codes

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

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