Chinese and Igbo
Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
Nigeria
National Language
China, Taiwan
Nigeria
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
Equatorial Guinea
Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
Interesting Facts
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
- 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
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Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
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Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
dalụ
How Are You?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
kedụ ka ịmere
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
ka chi fo
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
mgbede ọma
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
ehihie ọma
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
ụtụtụ ọma
Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)
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I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
ngọpụ
Dialect 1
Mandarin
Enuani
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Nigeria
How Many People Speak
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Where They Speak
China, United States of America
Nigeria
Dialect 3
Yue
Not present
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
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How Many People Speak
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Speaking Population
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Second Language Speakers
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Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
igbo
Alternative Names
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Ibo
German Name
Chinesisch
Ibo-Sprache
Pronunciation
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[iɡ͡boː]
Ethnicity
Han
Igbo people
Origin
1250 BC
30th Century BC
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
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Kwa
Branch
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Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
Standard Igbo
Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
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Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
sini1245
nucl1417
Linguasphere
79-AAA
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Agglutinative
All Chinese 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 Chinese and Igbo dialects. Various dialects of Chinese and Igbo language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Chinese are spoken in different Chinese Speaking Countries whereas Igbo Dialects are spoken in different Igbo speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Chinese vs Igbo Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Chinese dialects include: Mandarin, Wu. Igbo dialects include: Enuani , Ngwa. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Chinese and Igbo Speaking population
Chinese and Igbo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chinese and Igbo languages can be compared. The total count of Chinese and Igbo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 % 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 Chinese and Igbo on Chinese vs Igbo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Chinese and Igbo Language Codes
Chinese and Igbo language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Chinese and Igbo Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.