Countries
Nigeria
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
Total No. Of Countries
13
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46
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National Language
Nigeria
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Equatorial Guinea
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Regulated By
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
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.
- In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
- Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
Similar To
Yoruba and Hausa Languages
Pashto and Balochi Languages
Derived From
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Arabic Language