Countries
Nigeria
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
Total No. Of Countries
14
0
46
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National Language
Nigeria
Andra Pradesh, India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Karnataka
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Equatorial Guinea
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
Regulated By
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
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.
- Telugu is the only language in the Eastern world that has every single word that ends with a vowel sound. Telugu language is called "Italian of the East".
- Telugu is one of the oldest language in India which is 2,400 years old.
Similar To
Yoruba and Hausa Languages
Tamil
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3660
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
819
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2841
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Telugu Script
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
kedụ
హలో (Halō)
Thank You
dalụ
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
Good Night
ka chi fo
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
Good Evening
mgbede ọma
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
Please
Biko
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
Sorry
Ndo
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
Bye
Kachifo
బై (Bai)
I Love You
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
Excuse Me
ngọpụ
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
Dialect 1
Enuani
Waddar
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.00170,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Ngwa
Chenchu
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.0026,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Not present
Manna-Dora
Where They Speak
-
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
24.0030,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
2038
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
25.00 million80.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.09 %1.15 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million75.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
24.00 million5.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
igbo
తెలుగు (telugu)
Alternative Names
Ibo
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
French Name
igbo
télougou
German Name
Ibo-Sprache
Telugu-Sprache
Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]
[ˈteluɡu]
Ethnicity
Igbo people
Telugu people
Origin
30th Century BC
c. 575
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Kwa
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
Standard Forms
Standard Igbo
Telugu
Language Position
5715
1
120
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Signed Forms
Igbo Sign Language
Signed Telugu
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ig
te
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ibo
tel
ISO 639 2/B
ibo
tel
ISO 639 3
ibo
tel
ISO 639 6
ibo
tel
Glottocode
nucl1417
telu1262
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
-