Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Nigeria
National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Nigeria
Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Africa
Minority Language
South Africa
Equatorial Guinea
Regulated By
Not Available
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
Interesting Facts
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
- 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
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Derived From
Latin
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
How Are You?
How are you?
kedụ ka ịmere
Good Night
Good Night
ka chi fo
Good Evening
Good Evening
mgbede ọma
Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma
Good Morning
Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma
I Love You
I love you
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
Excuse Me
Excuse Me
ngọpụ
Dialect 1
American English
Enuani
Where They Speak
United States of America
Nigeria
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Hiberno-English
Ngwa
Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Nigeria
Dialect 3
Welsh English
Not present
Where They Speak
United Kingdom
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Alternative Names
Not Available
Ibo
German Name
Englisch
Ibo-Sprache
Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
[iɡ͡boː]
Ethnicity
Not Available
Igbo people
Origin
5th Century AD
30th Century BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Kwa
Branch
Not Available
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Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard English
Standard Igbo
Signed Forms
Signed English
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
engs
Not Available
Glottocode
stan1293
nucl1417
Linguasphere
52-ABA
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Agglutinative
English and Igbo Speaking population
English and Igbo speaking population is one of the factors based on which English and Igbo languages can be compared. The total count of English and Igbo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 % 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 English and Igbo on English vs Igbo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
English and Igbo Language Codes
English and Igbo language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. English and Igbo Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.