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Hindi vs Igbo


Igbo vs Hindi


Countries

Countries
Fiji, India   
Nigeria   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
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, Oceania   
Africa   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Equatorial Guinea   

Regulated By
Central Hindi Directorate   
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture   

Interesting Facts
  • In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
  • In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
  
  • 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
Urdu   
Not Available   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44   
24
36   
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11   
8
8   
5

How Many Consonants
33   
23
28   
18

Scripts
Devanagari   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
52 weeks   
12

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (Namastē)   
kedụ   

Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)   
dalụ   

How Are You?
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)   
kedụ ka ịmere   

Good Night
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)   
ka chi fo   

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)   
mgbede ọma   

Good Afternoon
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)   
ehihie ọma   

Good Morning
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)   
ụtụtụ ọma   

Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)   
Biko   

Sorry
खेद (Khēda)   
Ndo   

Bye
अलविदा (Alavidā)   
Not Available   

I Love You
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)   
a hụrụ m gị n'anya   

Excuse Me
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)   
ngọpụ   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Khariboli   
Enuani   

Where They Speak
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh   
Nigeria   

How Many People Speak
240,000,000.00   
2
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Marwari   
Ngwa   

Where They Speak
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh   
Nigeria   

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00   
3
1,500,000.00   
22

Dialect 3
Bundeli   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Bundelkhand   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00   
4
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
21   
19
20   
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
380.00 million   
5
25.00 million   
40

Speaking Population
4.70 %   
5
Not Available   

Native Speakers
260.00 million   
4
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
120.00 million   
6
Not Available   

Native Name
हिन्दी   
igbo   

Alternative Names
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli   
Ibo   

French Name
hindi   
igbo   

German Name
Hindi   
Ibo-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]   
[iɡ͡boː]   

Ethnicity
Hindustani people   
Igbo people   

History

Origin
7th Century   
30th Century BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Kwa   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Hindi   
Standard Igbo   

Language Position
5   
5
57   
99+

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
hi   
ig   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hin   
ibo   

ISO 639 2/B
hin   
ibo   

ISO 639 3
hin   
ibo   

ISO 639 6
hins   
Not Available   

Glottocode
hind1269   
nucl1417   

Linguasphere
59-AAF-qf   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Agglutinative   

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Hindi and Igbo Language History

Comparison of Hindi vs Igbo language history gives us differences between origin of Hindi and Igbo language. History of Hindi language states that this language originated in 7th Century whereas history of Igbo language states that this language originated in 30th Century BC. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Hindi and Igbo Language History.

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Hindi 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 Hindi and Igbo greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Hindi and Igbo language. Hindi word for "Hello" is नमस्ते (Namastē) or Igbo word for "Thank You" is dalụ. Find more of such common Hindi Greetings and Igbo Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Hindi vs Igbo Difficulty

The Hindi vs Igbo difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hindi 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 Hindi and Igbo are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hindi and Igbo, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hindi is 44 weeks while to learn Igbo time required is 52 weeks.

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