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Indonesian and Igbo


Igbo and Indonesian


Countries

Countries
Indonesia  
Nigeria  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Indonesia  
Nigeria  

Second Language
East Timor, Indonesia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands  
Equatorial Guinea  

Regulated By
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa  
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture  

Interesting Facts
  • The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
  • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  
  • 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
Malay language  
Yoruba and Hausa Languages  

Derived From
Malay and Dutch Languages  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Indonesian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Igbo-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
26  
8
36  
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
8  
5

How Many Consonants
19  
9
28  
18

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7  
6
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
13
52 weeks  
18

Greetings

Hello
Halo  
kedụ  

Thank You
Terima kasih  
dalụ  

How Are You?
Apa kabar?  
kedụ ka ịmere  

Good Night
Selamat Malam  
ka chi fo  

Good Evening
Malam yang baik  
mgbede ọma  

Good Afternoon
Selamat Sore  
ehihie ọma  

Good Morning
Selamat Pagi  
ụtụtụ ọma  

Please
mohon Untuk  
Biko  

Sorry
maaf  
Ndo  

Bye
Selamat tinggal  
Kachifo  

I Love You
Aku cinta kamu  
a hụrụ m gị n'anya  

Excuse Me
Permisi  
ngọpụ  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sundanese  
Enuani  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
19
28,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 2
Balinese  
Ngwa  

Where They Speak
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
3,300,000.00  
99+
1,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Minangkabau  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia  
-  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
34
24.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
46  
30
20  
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million  
11
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
1.16 %  
15
0.09 %  
99+

Native Speakers
23.00 million  
34
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
140.00 million  
4
24.00 million  
28

Native Name
Bahasa Melayu  
igbo  

Alternative Names
Bahasa Indonesia  
Ibo  

French Name
indonésien  
igbo  

German Name
Bahasa Indonesia  
Ibo-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[bahaˈsa indoneˈsia]  
[iɡ͡boː]  

Ethnicity
Indonesians  
Igbo people  

History

Origin
7th Century  
30th Century BC  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Indonesian  
Kwa  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Malay  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Indonesian  
Standard Igbo  

Language Position
56  
99+
57  
99+

Signed Forms
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")  
Igbo Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
id  
ig  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ind  
ibo  

ISO 639 2/B
ind  
ibo  

ISO 639 3
ind  
ibo  

ISO 639 6
ind  
ibo  

Glottocode
indo1316  
nucl1417  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Agglutinative  

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

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Indonesian and Igbo Speaking population

Indonesian and Igbo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Indonesian and Igbo languages can be compared. The total count of Indonesian and Igbo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Indonesian language is 1.16 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Igbo language is 0.09 %. 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 Indonesian and Igbo on Indonesian vs Igbo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Indonesian and Igbo Language Codes

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

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