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Gujarati and Igbo


Igbo and Gujarati


Countries

Countries
India  
Nigeria  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
India  
Nigeria  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia  
Equatorial Guinea  

Regulated By
NA  
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture  

Interesting Facts
  • Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
  • Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
  
  • 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
Bengali Language  
Not Available  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Gujarati-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Igbo-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
47  
27
36  
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
8  
5

How Many Consonants
31  
21
28  
18

Scripts
Devanagari  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available  
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
18 weeks  
4
52 weeks  
12

Greetings

Hello
નમસ્તે (namaste)  
kedụ  

Thank You
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)  
dalụ  

How Are You?
કેમ છો (kem cho?)  
kedụ ka ịmere  

Good Night
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)  
ka chi fo  

Good Evening
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)  
mgbede ọma  

Good Afternoon
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)  
ehihie ọma  

Good Morning
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)  
ụtụtụ ọma  

Please
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)  
Biko  

Sorry
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)  
Ndo  

Bye
બાય (Bāya)  
Not Available  

I Love You
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)  
a hụrụ m gị n'anya  

Excuse Me
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)  
ngọpụ  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kathiyawadi  
Enuani  

Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Nigeria  

Dialect 2
Kharwa  
Ngwa  

Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Nigeria  

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

Dialect 3
Not Available  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
20  
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million  
27
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
0.74 %  
24
Not Available  

Native Speakers
50.00 million  
22
25.00 million  
32

Native Name
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)  
igbo  

Alternative Names
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi  
Ibo  

French Name
goudjrati  
igbo  

German Name
Gujarati-Sprache  
Ibo-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]  
[iɡ͡boː]  

Ethnicity
Gujaratis  
Igbo people  

History

Origin
15  
30th Century BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Kwa  

Branch
Indic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Gujarati  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Gujarati  
Standard Igbo  

Language Position
23  
19
57  
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
gu  
ig  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
guj  
ibo  

ISO 639 2/B
guj  
ibo  

ISO 639 3
guj  
ibo  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
guja1252  
nucl1417  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Agglutinative  

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All Gujarati 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 Gujarati and Igbo dialects. Various dialects of Gujarati and Igbo language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Gujarati are spoken in different Gujarati Speaking Countries whereas Igbo Dialects are spoken in different Igbo speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Gujarati vs Igbo Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Gujarati dialects include: Kathiyawadi, Kharwa. Igbo dialects include: Enuani , Ngwa. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Gujarati and Igbo Speaking population

Gujarati and Igbo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Gujarati and Igbo languages can be compared. The total count of Gujarati and Igbo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Gujarati language is 0.74 % 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 Gujarati and Igbo on Gujarati vs Igbo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Gujarati and Igbo Language Codes

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

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