Afrikaans and Igbo
Countries
South Africa
Nigeria
National Language
South Africa
Nigeria
Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Equatorial Guinea
Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
Interesting Facts
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
- 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
Dutch Language
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Derived From
Dutch Language
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Alphabets in
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Igbo-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
kedụ ka ịmere
Good Night
goeie nag
ka chi fo
Good Evening
Goeienaand
mgbede ọma
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
ehihie ọma
Good Morning
goeie more
ụtụtụ ọma
Bye
Not Available
Not Available
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
ngọpụ
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
Enuani
Where They Speak
Not Available
Nigeria
Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Ngwa
Where They Speak
Not Available
Nigeria
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Not present
Where They Speak
Namibia
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Afrikaans
igbo
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Ibo
French Name
afrikaans
igbo
German Name
Afrikaans
Ibo-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
[iɡ͡boː]
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
Igbo people
Origin
17th Century
30th Century BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Branch
Western
Not Available
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Standard Igbo
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
afrs
Not Available
Glottocode
afri1274
nucl1417
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
Agglutinative
All Afrikaans 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 Afrikaans and Igbo dialects. Various dialects of Afrikaans and Igbo language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Afrikaans are spoken in different Afrikaans Speaking Countries whereas Igbo Dialects are spoken in different Igbo speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Afrikaans vs Igbo Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans, Oranjeriverafrikaans. Igbo dialects include: Enuani , Ngwa. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Afrikaans and Igbo Speaking population
Afrikaans and Igbo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Afrikaans and Igbo languages can be compared. The total count of Afrikaans and Igbo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is Not Available 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 Afrikaans and Igbo on Afrikaans vs Igbo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Afrikaans and Igbo Language Codes
Afrikaans and Igbo language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Afrikaans and Igbo Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.