Malayalam and Igbo
Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Nigeria
National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Nigeria
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Equatorial Guinea
Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
Interesting Facts
- Malayalam language has 54 literals. Same sounds have different versions to it.
- Malayalam script is reffered as "Rod Script" and it is derived from the Grantha script, which was developed from Indic script of Brahmi.
- 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
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Not Available
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
dalụ
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
kedụ ka ịmere
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
ka chi fo
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
mgbede ọma
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
ehihie ọma
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
ụtụtụ ọma
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
Biko
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
Ndo
Bye
വിട (viṭa)
Not Available
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
ngọpụ
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
Enuani
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
Nigeria
Where They Speak
India
Nigeria
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
Not present
Where They Speak
France, kerala
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
igbo
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
Ibo
French Name
malayalam
igbo
German Name
Malayalam
Ibo-Sprache
Pronunciation
Not Available
[iɡ͡boː]
Ethnicity
Malayali
Igbo people
Origin
9th Century
30th Century BC
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Kwa
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early form
No early forms
Standard Forms
Malayalam
Standard Igbo
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
mala1464
nucl1417
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Agglutinative
All Malayalam 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 Malayalam and Igbo dialects. Various dialects of Malayalam and Igbo language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Malayalam are spoken in different Malayalam Speaking Countries whereas Igbo Dialects are spoken in different Igbo speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Malayalam vs Igbo Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Malayalam dialects include: Judeo-Malayalam, Mappila. Igbo dialects include: Enuani , Ngwa. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Malayalam and Igbo Speaking population
Malayalam and Igbo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malayalam and Igbo languages can be compared. The total count of Malayalam and Igbo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Igbo language is Not Available. 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 Malayalam and Igbo on Malayalam vs Igbo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Malayalam and Igbo Language Codes
Malayalam and Igbo language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Malayalam and Igbo Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.