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Urdu and Igbo


Igbo and Urdu


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan   
Nigeria   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

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   
Not Available   

Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52   
31
36   
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
8   
5

How Many Consonants
40   
29
28   
18

Scripts
Arabic   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
52 weeks   
12

Greetings

Hello
خوش آمديد   
kedụ   

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   

Please
براہ مہربانی   
Biko   

Sorry
معاف کرنا   
Ndo   

Bye
الوداع   
Not Available   

I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت   
a hụrụ m gị n'anya   

Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا   
ngọpụ   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dakhini   
Enuani   

Where They Speak
India   
Nigeria   

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00   
12
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu   
Ngwa   

Where They Speak
India   
Nigeria   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,500,000.00   
22

Dialect 3
Rekhta   
Not present   

Where They Speak
South Asia   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
20   
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
104.00 million   
15
25.00 million   
40

Speaking Population
0.99 %   
20
Not Available   

Native Speakers
61.00 million   
19
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
43.00 million   
14
Not Available   

Native Name
اُردُو   
igbo   

Alternative Names
Bihari   
Ibo   

French Name
ourdou   
igbo   

German Name
Urdu   
Ibo-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]   
[iɡ͡boː]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Igbo people   

History

Origin
12th Century CE   
30th Century BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Kwa   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu   
Standard Igbo   

Language Position
20   
18
57   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Urdu   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ur   
ig   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
urd   
ibo   

ISO 639 2/B
urd   
ibo   

ISO 639 3
urd   
ibo   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
urdu1245   
nucl1417   

Linguasphere
59-AAF-q   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Agglutinative   

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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.

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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 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 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.

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