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Igbo
Igbo

Xhosa
Xhosa



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Countries

Countries

Nigeria
South Africa

Total No. Of Countries

11
0 46
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National Language

Nigeria
South Africa

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Lesotho, South Africa

Speaking Continents

Africa
Africa

Minority Language

Equatorial Guinea
Botswana, Lesotho

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.
  • Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
  • The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.

Similar To

Yoruba and Hausa Languages
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele

Derived From

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Khoi-Khoi and San Languages

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3653
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

810
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2843
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

33
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

52 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

kedụ
Molo

Thank You

dalụ
Ndiyabulela

How Are You?

kedụ ka ịmere
Unjani

Good Night

ka chi fo
Ulale kakuhle

Good Evening

mgbede ọma
Ubusuku obuhle

Good Afternoon

ehihie ọma
Uben' emva kwemini entle

Good Morning

ụtụtụ ọma
Molo

Please

Biko
Ndicela

Sorry

Ndo
Ndicela uxolo

Bye

Kachifo
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle

I Love You

a hụrụ m gị n'anya
Ndiyakuthanda

Excuse Me

ngọpụ
Uxolo

Dialects

Dialect 1

Enuani
Gcaleka

Where They Speak

Nigeria
South Africa

How Many People Speak

28,000,000.0019,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Ngwa
Thembu

Where They Speak

Nigeria
South Africa

How Many People Speak

1,500,000.0019,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Not present
Hlubi

Where They Speak

-
South Africa

How Many People Speak

24.0019.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

209
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

25.00 million20.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.09 %0.11 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

25.00 million8.20 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

24.00 million11.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

igbo
isiXhosa

Alternative Names

Ibo
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa

French Name

igbo
xhosa

German Name

Ibo-Sprache
Xhosa-Sprache

Pronunciation

[iɡ͡boː]
[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]

Ethnicity

Igbo people
amaXhosa, amaBhaca

History

Origin

30th Century BC
16th Century

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

Kwa
Benue-Congo

Branch

-
Bantu

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Standard Igbo
isiXhosa

Language Position

5721
1 120
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Signed Forms

Igbo Sign Language
Signed Xhosa

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ig
xh

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ibo
xho

ISO 639 2/B

ibo
xho

ISO 639 3

ibo
xho

ISO 639 6

ibo
xho

Glottocode

nucl1417
xhos1239

Linguasphere

No data available
99-AUT-fa

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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Igbo and Xhosa Alphabets

Igbo and Xhosa Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Igbo and Xhosa. In Igbo Alphabets there are 36 letters while in Xhosa Alphabets there are 53 letters. To learn Igbo and Xhosa languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Igbo and Xhosa 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 Xhosa greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Igbo and Xhosa are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Igbo and Xhosa Speaking population

Igbo and Xhosa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Igbo and Xhosa languages can be compared. The total count of Igbo and Xhosa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Igbo language is 0.09 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 %. 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 Xhosa on Igbo vs Xhosa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Igbo and Xhosa Language Codes

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