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Igbo Language



Countries

Countries
Nigeria

Total No. Of Countries
1 14

National Language
Nigeria

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents
Africa

Minority Language
Equatorial Guinea

Regulated By
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture

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.

Similar To
Yoruba and Hausa Languages

Derived From
-

Alphabets

Alphabets in
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Alphabets
36 18

Phonology

How Many Vowels
8 5

How Many Consonants
28 18

Scripts
Latin

Writing Direction
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels
3 2

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks 18

Greetings

Hello
kedụ

Thank You
dalụ

How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere

Good Night
ka chi fo

Good Evening
mgbede ọma

Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma

Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma

Please
Biko

Sorry
Ndo

Bye
Kachifo

I Love You
a hụrụ m gị n'anya

Excuse Me
ngọpụ

Dialects

Dialect 1
Enuani

Where They Speak
Nigeria

How Many People Speak
28,000,000.00 24

Dialect 2
Ngwa

Where They Speak
Nigeria

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00 59

Dialect 3
Not present

Where They Speak
-

How Many People Speak
24.00 82

Total No. Of Dialects
20 18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million 40

Speaking Population
0.09 % 57

Native Speakers
25.00 million 32

Second Language Speakers
24.00 million 28

Native Name
igbo

Alternative Names
Ibo

French Name
igbo

German Name
Ibo-Sprache

Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]

Ethnicity
Igbo people

History

Origin
30th Century BC

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup
Kwa

Branch
-

Language Forms

Early Forms
No early forms

Standard Forms
Standard Igbo

Language Position
57 52

Signed Forms
Igbo Sign Language

Scope
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1
ig

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T
ibo

ISO 639 2/B
ibo

ISO 639 3
ibo

ISO 639 6
ibo

Glottocode
nucl1417

Linguasphere
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type
Living

Language Linguistic Typology
-

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative

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Origin of Igbo language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Igbo language is one of the Easiest Languages to Learn. The origin of Igbo language states that it was put to use in 30th Century BC. The history of Igbo language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Igbo Language History. Igbo has no early forms. Standard Igbo is the standard form of Igbo language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Igbo Language.

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Igbo population

Igbo population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Igbo language. Igbo language is spoken by 25.00 million people in the world. Most of the Igbo population lies in the Igbo Speaking Countries. Igbo language is spoken as first language by 25.00 million people and as second language by about 24.00 million people. Get to know Igbo speaking population in detail.

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Igbo writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Igbo writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Igbo language. Some languages share common writing systems. Latin script is used by Igbo language. Learn more about . 

Information about Igbo language

Check out all the information about Igbo language here. You may find it interesting to learn Igbo Alphabets or the vowels and consonants of this language. Also knowing about Igbo Speaking Countries, Igbo speaking continents and Igbo Dialects will help in improving your knowledge about this language. Also while travelling to Igbo countries knowing common Igbo Greetings will help you in communicating with Igbo people.

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