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Igbo and Urdu


Urdu and Igbo


Countries

Countries
Nigeria   
India, Pakistan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

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
Not Available   
Arabic and Hindi Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Ghaznavid Persian Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36   
18
52   
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
10   
7

How Many Consonants
28   
18
40   
29

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks   
12
44 weeks   
11

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
Not Available   
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
Not Available   
11,000,000.00   
12

Dialect 2
Ngwa   
Hyderabadi Urdu   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
India   

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00   
22
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Not present   
Rekhta   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
South Asia   

Total No. Of Dialects
20   
18
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million   
40
104.00 million   
15

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.99 %   
20

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
61.00 million   
19

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
43.00 million   
14

Native Name
igbo   
اُردُو   

Alternative Names
Ibo   
Bihari   

French Name
igbo   
ourdou   

German Name
Ibo-Sprache   
Urdu   

Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]   
[ˈʊrd̪u]   

Ethnicity
Igbo people   
Not Available   

History

Origin
30th Century BC   
12th Century CE   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Kwa   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Igbo   
Modern Standard Urdu   

Language Position
57   
99+
20   
18

Signed Forms
Not Available   
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
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1417   
urdu1245   

Linguasphere
No data available   
59-AAF-q   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Fusional   

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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.

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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 Not Available 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.

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