Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
Nigeria
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Malaysia
Nigeria
Second Language
Indonesia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Thailand
Equatorial Guinea
Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
Interesting Facts
- One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
- 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
Indonesian Language
Yoruba and Hausa Languages
Derived From
Tamil Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2636
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
68
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2428
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks52 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hai
kedụ
Thank You
terima kasih
dalụ
How Are You?
Apa khabar?
kedụ ka ịmere
Good Night
Selamat Malam
ka chi fo
Good Evening
Selamat Petang
mgbede ọma
Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari
ehihie ọma
Good Morning
Selamat pagi
ụtụtụ ọma
Please
sila
Biko
Sorry
maaf
Ndo
Bye
Selamat tinggal
Kachifo
I Love You
Saya sayang kamu
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
Excuse Me
Maafkan saya
ngọpụ
Dialect 1
Bengkulu
Enuani
Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
Nigeria
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.0028,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Pekal
Ngwa
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Nigeria
How Many People Speak
30,000.001,500,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Musi
Not present
Where They Speak
Indonesia
-
How Many People Speak
3,100,000.0024.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
2420
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
175.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.16 %0.09 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
77.00 million25.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
98.00 million24.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Bahasa melayu
igbo
Alternative Names
Bahasa Malaysia
Ibo
French Name
malais
igbo
German Name
Malaiisch
Ibo-Sprache
Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
[iɡ͡boː]
Ethnicity
Malaysian people
Igbo people
Origin
c. 683 AD
30th Century BC
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
-
Kwa
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
No early forms
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay
Standard Igbo
Language Position
5457
1
120
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Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language
Igbo Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ms
ig
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
msa
ibo
ISO 639 2/B
may
ibo
ISO 639 3
zsm
ibo
ISO 639 6
may
ibo
Glottocode
stan1306
nucl1417
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Agglutinative