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Arabic and Igbo


Countries

Countries
Nigeria   
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
23   
4

National Language
Nigeria   
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Africa, Asia   

Minority Language
Equatorial Guinea   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture   
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council   

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.
  
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Amharic and Hebrew   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36   
18
28   
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
8   
5

How Many Consonants
28   
18
28   
18

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks   
12
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
kedụ   
مرحبا   

Thank You
dalụ   
شكرا   

How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere   
كيف حالك؟   

Good Night
ka chi fo   
تصبح على خير   

Good Evening
mgbede ọma   
مساء الخير   

Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma   
مساء الخير   

Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma   
صباح الخير   

Please
Biko   
من فضلك   

Sorry
Ndo   
آسف   

Bye
Not Available   
وداعا   

I Love You
a hụrụ m gị n'anya   
أحبك   

Excuse Me
ngọpụ   
اعذرني   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Enuani   
Maghrebi   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia   

Dialect 2
Ngwa   
Sudanese   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
Sudan   

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00   
22
17,000,000.00   
6

Dialect 3
Not present   
Levantine   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Cyprus, Levant   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
21,000,000.00   
3

Total No. Of Dialects
20   
18
26   
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million   
40
452.00 million   
4

Speaking Population
Not Available   
4.43 %   
6

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
206.00 million   
6

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
246.00 million   
2

Native Name
igbo   
(al arabiya) العربية   

Alternative Names
Ibo   
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic   

French Name
igbo   
arabe   

German Name
Ibo-Sprache   
Arabisch   

Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]   
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/   

Ethnicity
Igbo people   
Arabs   

History

Origin
30th Century BC   
512 CE   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family   

Subgroup
Kwa   
Semitic   

Branch
Not Available   
North Arabic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Igbo   
Modern Standard Arabic   

Language Position
57   
99+
25   
21

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Arabic   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
ig   
ar   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ibo   
ara   

ISO 639 2/B
ibo   
ara   

ISO 639 3
ibo   
ara   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1417   
arab1395   

Linguasphere
No data available   
12-AAC   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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

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Igbo and Arabic Speaking population

Igbo and Arabic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Igbo and Arabic languages can be compared. The total count of Igbo and Arabic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Igbo language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 %. 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 Arabic on Igbo vs Arabic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Igbo and Arabic Language Codes

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

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