Countries
Nigeria
  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
National Language
Nigeria
  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Equatorial Guinea
  
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
  
Regulated By
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
  
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
  
Interesting Facts
- 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.
  
- Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
- 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
Similar To
Not Available
  
Romanian
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Igbo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
kedụ
  
Përshëndetje
  
Thank You
dalụ
  
Ju faleminderit
  
How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere
  
Si jeni?
  
Good Night
ka chi fo
  
natën e mirë
  
Good Evening
mgbede ọma
  
mirëmbrëma
  
Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma
  
mirëdita
  
Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma
  
mirëmengjes
  
Please
Biko
  
Ju lutem
  
Sorry
Ndo
  
Me fal
  
Bye
Not Available
  
mirupafshim
  
I Love You
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
  
unë e dua ju
  
Excuse Me
ngọpụ
  
Më falni
  
Dialect 1
Enuani
  
Gheg Albanian
  
Where They Speak
Nigeria
  
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,400,000.00
  
20
Dialect 2
Ngwa
  
Tosk Albanian
  
Where They Speak
Nigeria
  
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00
  
22
1,800,000.00
  
20
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Arbëresh
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Italy
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
7.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
3.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
3.60 million
  
31
Native Name
igbo
  
shqip / gjuha shqipe
  
Alternative Names
Ibo
  
Not Available
  
French Name
igbo
  
albanais
  
German Name
Ibo-Sprache
  
Albanisch
  
Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]
  
[ʃcip]
  
Ethnicity
Igbo people
  
Albanians
  
Origin
30th Century BC
  
1462 AD
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Kwa
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Albanian
  
Standard Forms
Standard Igbo
  
Standard Albanian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ig
  
sq
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ibo
  
sqi
  
ISO 639 2/B
ibo
  
alb
  
ISO 639 3
ibo
  
sqi
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1417
  
alba1267
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
55-AAA-aaa
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Synthetic
  
All Igbo and Albanian 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 Igbo and Albanian dialects. Various dialects of Igbo and Albanian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Igbo are spoken in different Igbo Speaking Countries whereas Albanian Dialects are spoken in different Albanian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Igbo vs Albanian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Igbo dialects include: Enuani, Ngwa. Albanian dialects include: Gheg Albanian , Tosk Albanian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Igbo and Albanian Speaking population
Igbo and Albanian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Igbo and Albanian languages can be compared. The total count of Igbo and Albanian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Igbo language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Albanian 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 Igbo and Albanian on Igbo vs Albanian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Igbo and Albanian Language Codes
Igbo and Albanian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Igbo and Albanian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.