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Countries

Countries

Nigeria
India, Pakistan

Total No. Of Countries

12
0 46
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National Language

Nigeria
Pakistan

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Pakistan

Speaking Continents

Africa
Asia, Oceania

Minority Language

Equatorial Guinea
India

Regulated By

Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan

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.
  • Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
  • Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.

Similar To

Yoruba and Hausa Languages
Arabic and Hindi Languages

Derived From

-
Ghaznavid Persian Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3652
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

810
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2840
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Arabic

Writing Direction

-
Right-To-Left, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

34
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

52 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

kedụ
خوش آمديد

Thank You

dalụ
آپ کا شکریہ

How Are You?

kedụ ka ịmere
آپ کیسے ہیں؟

Good Night

ka chi fo
گڈ نائٹ

Good Evening

mgbede ọma
سلام علیکم

Good Afternoon

ehihie ọma
گڈ آفٹر نون

Good Morning

ụtụtụ ọma
گڈ مارننگ

Please

Biko
براہ مہربانی

Sorry

Ndo
معاف کرنا

Bye

Kachifo
الوداع

I Love You

a hụrụ m gị n'anya
مجھے تم سے محبت

Excuse Me

ngọpụ
معاف کیجئے گا

Dialects

Dialect 1

Enuani
Dakhini

Where They Speak

Nigeria
India

How Many People Speak

28,000,000.0011,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Ngwa
Hyderabadi Urdu

Where They Speak

Nigeria
India

How Many People Speak

1,500,000.0069,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Not present
Rekhta

Where They Speak

-
South Asia

How Many People Speak

24.0069,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

203
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

25.00 million104.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.09 %0.99 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

25.00 million61.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

24.00 million43.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

igbo
اُردُو

Alternative Names

Ibo
Bihari

French Name

igbo
ourdou

German Name

Ibo-Sprache
Urdu

Pronunciation

[iɡ͡boː]
[ˈʊrd̪u]

Ethnicity

Igbo people
Urdu-speaking people

History

Origin

30th Century BC
12th Century CE

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Kwa
Indo-Iranian

Branch

-
Indic

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Standard Igbo
Modern Standard Urdu

Language Position

5720
1 120
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Signed Forms

Igbo Sign Language
Signed Urdu

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ig
ur

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ibo
urd

ISO 639 2/B

ibo
urd

ISO 639 3

ibo
urd

ISO 639 6

ibo
urd

Glottocode

nucl1417
urdu1245

Linguasphere

No data available
59-AAF-q

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

-
-

Language Morphological Typology

Agglutinative
Fusional

Igbo and Urdu Alphabets

Igbo and Urdu Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Igbo and Urdu. In Igbo Alphabets there are 36 letters while in Urdu Alphabets there are 52 letters. To learn Igbo and Urdu languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Igbo and Urdu 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 Urdu greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Igbo and Urdu are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Igbo and Urdu Speaking population

Igbo and Urdu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Igbo and Urdu languages can be compared. The total count of Igbo and Urdu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Igbo language is 0.09 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Urdu language is 0.99 %. 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 Urdu on Igbo vs Urdu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Igbo and Urdu Language Codes

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