Countries
Countries
Nigeria
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
Total No. Of Countries
16
0
46
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National Language
Nigeria
Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
South America
Minority Language
Equatorial Guinea
Not spoken in any of the countries
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.
- One of the most widely spoken indigenous language in the America is Quechua.
- Quechua language has borrowed many words from Spanish.
Similar To
Yoruba and Hausa Languages
Aymara and Guarani Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3631
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
85
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2826
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
kedụ
Rimaykullayki
Thank You
dalụ
Solpayki
How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere
Allillanchu
Good Night
ka chi fo
Allin tuta
Good Evening
mgbede ọma
Wuynas nuchis
Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma
Wuynas tardis
Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma
Wuynus diyas
Please
Biko
jamuspa
Sorry
Ndo
Pampachaykuway
Bye
Kachifo
bye
I Love You
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
Kuyayki
Excuse Me
ngọpụ
Pampachaway
Dialects
Dialect 1
Enuani
Ancash
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Peru
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.00920,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Ngwa
Huánuco
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Peru
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00190,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Not present
Yaru
Where They Speak
-
Peru
How Many People Speak
24.00150,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
2010
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million8.90 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.09 %0.13 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million8.90 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
24.00 million8.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
igbo
Qhichwa
Alternative Names
Ibo
North La Paz Quechua
French Name
igbo
quechua
German Name
Ibo-Sprache
Quechua-Sprache
Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]
[ˈketʃwa]
Ethnicity
Igbo people
Quechua
History
Origin
30th Century BC
16th Century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Quechumaran Family
Subgroup
Kwa
Andean Equatorial
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Igbo
Quechua
Language Position
5723
1
120
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Signed Forms
Igbo Sign Language
Signed Quechua
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
Code
ISO 639 1
ig
qu
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ibo
que
ISO 639 2/B
ibo
que
ISO 639 3
ibo
que
ISO 639 6
ibo
que
Glottocode
nucl1417
quec1387
Linguasphere
No data available
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Agglutinative, Synthetic