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Igbo and Amharic


Amharic and Igbo


Countries

Countries
Nigeria   
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Nigeria   
Ethiopia   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Africa   

Minority Language
Equatorial Guinea   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture   
Not Available   

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.
  
  • Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
  • Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Igbo-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Amharic-1.jpg#200   

Alphabets
36   
18
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
7   
4

How Many Consonants
28   
18
31   
21

Scripts
Latin   
Ethiopic   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks   
12
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
kedụ   
Selam   

Thank You
dalụ   
amesege'nallo'   

How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere   
Dehina newot?   

Good Night
ka chi fo   
Dehna dur   

Good Evening
mgbede ọma   
melkam meshe't   

Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma   
i'ndemin walu   

Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma   
i'ndemin adäru   

Please
Biko   
i'bakwon   

Sorry
Ndo   
aznallehu   

Bye
Not Available   
tschao   

I Love You
a hụrụ m gị n'anya   
afekirishalehu   

Excuse Me
ngọpụ   
yiqirta   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Enuani   
Gondar   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
Gondar   

Dialect 2
Ngwa   
Gojjami   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
Ethiopia   

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

Dialect 3
Not present   
Showa   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Ethiopia   

Total No. Of Dialects
20   
18
5   
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million   
40
18.70 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.37 %   
35

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
10.00 million   
23

Native Name
igbo   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
Ibo   
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian   

French Name
igbo   
amharique   

German Name
Ibo-Sprache   
Amharisch   

Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]   
[amarɨɲɲa]   

Ethnicity
Igbo people   
Amharas   

History

Origin
30th Century BC   
13th century   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Kwa   
Semitic   

Branch
Not Available   
Ethiopic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Ge'ez   

Standard Forms
Standard Igbo   
Amharic   

Language Position
57   
99+
55   
40

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Amharic   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ig   
am   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ibo   
amh   

ISO 639 2/B
ibo   
amh   

ISO 639 3
ibo   
amh   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1417   
amha1245   

Linguasphere
No data available   
12-ACB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Fusional   

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

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Igbo and Amharic Speaking population

Igbo and Amharic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Igbo and Amharic languages can be compared. The total count of Igbo and Amharic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Igbo language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 %. 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 Amharic on Igbo vs Amharic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Igbo and Amharic Language Codes

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

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