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Amharic and Igbo


Igbo and Amharic


Countries

Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.   
Nigeria   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Ethiopia   
Nigeria   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Africa   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Equatorial Guinea   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture   

Interesting Facts
  • Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
  • Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
  
  • 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
Not Available   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Amharic-1.jpg#200   
Igbo-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
33   
15
36   
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
8   
5

How Many Consonants
31   
21
28   
18

Scripts
Ethiopic   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
52 weeks   
12

Greetings

Hello
Selam   
kedụ   

Thank You
amesege'nallo'   
dalụ   

How Are You?
Dehina newot?   
kedụ ka ịmere   

Good Night
Dehna dur   
ka chi fo   

Good Evening
melkam meshe't   
mgbede ọma   

Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu   
ehihie ọma   

Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru   
ụtụtụ ọma   

Please
i'bakwon   
Biko   

Sorry
aznallehu   
Ndo   

Bye
tschao   
Not Available   

I Love You
afekirishalehu   
a hụrụ m gị n'anya   

Excuse Me
yiqirta   
ngọpụ   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gondar   
Enuani   

Where They Speak
Gondar   
Nigeria   

Dialect 2
Gojjami   
Ngwa   

Where They Speak
Ethiopia   
Nigeria   

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

Dialect 3
Showa   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Ethiopia   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
20   
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
18.70 million   
99+
25.00 million   
40

Speaking Population
0.37 %   
35
Not Available   

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million   
23
Not Available   

Native Name
Not Available   
igbo   

Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian   
Ibo   

French Name
amharique   
igbo   

German Name
Amharisch   
Ibo-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]   
[iɡ͡boː]   

Ethnicity
Amharas   
Igbo people   

History

Origin
13th century   
30th Century BC   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Kwa   

Branch
Ethiopic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ge'ez   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Amharic   
Standard Igbo   

Language Position
55   
40
57   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Amharic   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
am   
ig   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
amh   
ibo   

ISO 639 2/B
amh   
ibo   

ISO 639 3
amh   
ibo   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
amha1245   
nucl1417   

Linguasphere
12-ACB-a   
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 Amharic 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 Amharic and Igbo dialects. Various dialects of Amharic and Igbo language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Amharic are spoken in different Amharic Speaking Countries whereas Igbo Dialects are spoken in different Igbo speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Amharic vs Igbo Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Amharic dialects include: Gondar, Gojjami. Igbo dialects include: Enuani , Ngwa. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Amharic and Igbo Speaking population

Amharic and Igbo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Amharic and Igbo languages can be compared. The total count of Amharic and Igbo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 % 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 Amharic and Igbo on Amharic vs Igbo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Amharic and Igbo Language Codes

Amharic and Igbo language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Amharic and Igbo Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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