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
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Derived From
Latin
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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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
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Kwa
Branch
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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
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Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Agglutinative
English and Igbo Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where English and Igbo greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in English and Igbo language. English word for "Hello" is Hello or Igbo word for "Thank You" is dalụ. Find more of such common English Greetings and Igbo Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
English vs Igbo Difficulty
The English vs Igbo difficulty level basically depends on the number of English Alphabets and Igbo Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare English and Igbo are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in English and Igbo, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn English is 6 weeks while to learn Igbo time required is 52 weeks.