Countries
Nigeria
West Java
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Nigeria
Indonesia
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 Sundanese language is second most widely spoken regional language in Indonesia.
Similar To
Yoruba and Hausa Languages
Madurese and Malay Languages
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3633
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
85
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2816
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin, Sundanese
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks40 weeks
3
88
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Hello
kedụ
Halo
Thank You
dalụ
Nuhun
How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere
Kumaha kabarna?
Good Night
ka chi fo
Wilujeng kulem
Good Evening
mgbede ọma
Wilujeng wengi
Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma
Wilujeng siang
Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma
Wilujeng énjing
Please
Biko
Mangga
Sorry
Ndo
Hapunten
Bye
Kachifo
Wilujeng angkat
I Love You
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
Abdi bogoh ka anjeun
Excuse Me
ngọpụ
Punten
Dialect 1
Enuani
Western dialect
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Banten
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.0040,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Ngwa
Northern dialect
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Bogor
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.0040,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Not present
Priangan dialect
Where They Speak
-
Bandung
How Many People Speak
24.0040,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
206
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million39.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.09 %0.57 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million38.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
24.00 million39.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
igbo
Basa Sunda
Alternative Names
Ibo
Priangan, Sunda
French Name
igbo
soundanais
German Name
Ibo-Sprache
Sundanesisch
Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]
[sʊnˈdæniːs]
Ethnicity
Igbo people
Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui
Origin
30th Century BC
5th century AD
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Kwa
Indonesian
Branch
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-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Igbo
Sundanese
Language Position
5742
1
120
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Signed Forms
Igbo Sign Language
Sundanese Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ig
su
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ibo
sun
ISO 639 2/B
ibo
sun
ISO 639 3
ibo
sun
ISO 639 6
ibo
sun
Glottocode
nucl1417
sund1251
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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