Urdu and Igbo
Countries
India, Pakistan
Nigeria
National Language
Pakistan
Nigeria
Second Language
Pakistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania
Africa
Minority Language
India
Equatorial Guinea
Regulated By
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
Interesting Facts
- Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
- Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
- 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
Arabic and Hindi Languages
Yoruba and Hausa Languages
Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ
dalụ
How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟
kedụ ka ịmere
Good Night
گڈ نائٹ
ka chi fo
Good Evening
سلام علیکم
mgbede ọma
Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون
ehihie ọma
Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ
ụtụtụ ọma
I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا
ngọpụ
Where They Speak
India
Nigeria
Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu
Ngwa
Where They Speak
India
Nigeria
Dialect 3
Rekhta
Not present
Where They Speak
South Asia
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Alternative Names
Bihari
Ibo
German Name
Urdu
Ibo-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]
[iɡ͡boː]
Ethnicity
Urdu-speaking people
Igbo people
Origin
12th Century CE
30th Century BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Kwa
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu
Standard Igbo
Signed Forms
Signed Urdu
Igbo Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
urdu1245
nucl1417
Linguasphere
59-AAF-q
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Agglutinative
All Urdu 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 Urdu and Igbo dialects. Various dialects of Urdu and Igbo language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Urdu are spoken in different Urdu Speaking Countries whereas Igbo Dialects are spoken in different Igbo speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Urdu vs Igbo Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Urdu dialects include: Dakhini, Hyderabadi Urdu. Igbo dialects include: Enuani , Ngwa. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Urdu and Igbo Speaking population
Urdu and Igbo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Urdu and Igbo languages can be compared. The total count of Urdu and Igbo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Urdu language is 0.99 % 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 Urdu and Igbo on Urdu vs Igbo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Urdu and Igbo Language Codes
Urdu and Igbo language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Urdu and Igbo Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.