Countries
Nigeria
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
National Language
Nigeria
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Minority Language
Equatorial Guinea
South Africa
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.
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
Similar To
Yoruba and Hausa Languages
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere
How are you?
Good Night
ka chi fo
Good Night
Good Evening
mgbede ọma
Good Evening
Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma
Good Afternoon
Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma
Good Morning
I Love You
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
I love you
Excuse Me
ngọpụ
Excuse Me
Dialect 1
Enuani
American English
Where They Speak
Nigeria
United States of America
Dialect 2
Ngwa
Hiberno-English
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Dialect 3
Not present
Welsh English
Where They Speak
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United Kingdom
Alternative Names
Ibo
English
German Name
Ibo-Sprache
Englisch
Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
Ethnicity
Igbo people
English people
Origin
30th Century BC
5th Century AD
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
No early forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Standard Forms
Standard Igbo
Standard English
Signed Forms
Igbo Sign Language
Signed English
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
nucl1417
stan1293
Linguasphere
No data available
52-ABA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Igbo and English Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Igbo and English greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Igbo and English language. Igbo word for "Hello" is kedụ or English word for "Thank You" is Thank you. Find more of such common Igbo Greetings and English Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Igbo vs English Difficulty
The Igbo vs English difficulty level basically depends on the number of Igbo Alphabets and English Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Igbo and English are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Igbo and English, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Igbo is 52 weeks while to learn English time required is 6 weeks.