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Countries

Countries

Nigeria
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara

Total No. Of Countries

146
0 46
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National Language

Nigeria
Spain

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands

Speaking Continents

Africa
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America

Minority Language

Equatorial Guinea
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom

Regulated By

Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española

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.
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.

Similar To

Yoruba and Hausa Languages
French Language

Derived From

-
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3627
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

85
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2822
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

36
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

52 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

kedụ
hola

Thank You

dalụ
Gracias

How Are You?

kedụ ka ịmere
Cómo estás?

Good Night

ka chi fo
Buenas Noches

Good Evening

mgbede ọma
Bonne soirée

Good Afternoon

ehihie ọma
Buenas Tardes

Good Morning

ụtụtụ ọma
Buenos Días

Please

Biko
Por Favor

Sorry

Ndo
triste

Bye

Kachifo
adiós

I Love You

a hụrụ m gị n'anya
Te Quiero

Excuse Me

ngọpụ
Discúlpeme

Dialects

Dialect 1

Enuani
Mexican Spanish

Where They Speak

Nigeria
Mexico

How Many People Speak

28,000,000.00105,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Ngwa
Cuban Spanish

Where They Speak

Nigeria
Cuba

How Many People Speak

1,500,000.0011,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Not present
Puerto Rican Spanish

Where They Speak

-
Puerto Rico

How Many People Speak

24.003,900,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

2021
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

25.00 million489.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.09 %6.15 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

25.00 million410.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

24.00 million89.50 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

igbo
Español

Alternative Names

Ibo
Castellano, Castilian, Español

French Name

igbo
espagnol; castillan

German Name

Ibo-Sprache
Spanisch

Pronunciation

[iɡ͡boː]
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]

Ethnicity

Igbo people
Spanish people

History

Origin

30th Century BC
210 BC

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Kwa
Romance

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Old Spanish and Spanish

Standard Forms

Standard Igbo
Pluricentric Standard Spanish

Language Position

572
1 120
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Signed Forms

Igbo Sign Language
Signed Spanish

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ig
es

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ibo
spa

ISO 639 2/B

ibo
spa

ISO 639 3

ibo
spa

ISO 639 6

ibo
spa

Glottocode

nucl1417
stan1288

Linguasphere

No data available
51-AAA-b

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

-
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

Agglutinative
Fusional, Synthetic

Igbo and Spanish Alphabets

Igbo and Spanish Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Igbo and Spanish. In Igbo Alphabets there are 36 letters while in Spanish Alphabets there are 27 letters. To learn Igbo and Spanish languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Igbo and Spanish 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 Spanish greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Igbo and Spanish are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Igbo and Spanish Speaking population

Igbo and Spanish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Igbo and Spanish languages can be compared. The total count of Igbo and Spanish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Igbo language is 0.09 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Spanish language is 6.15 %. 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 Spanish on Igbo vs Spanish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Igbo and Spanish Language Codes

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