Countries
Nigeria
  
India
  
National Language
Nigeria
  
Bangladesh, India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Equatorial Guinea
  
Bangladesh, Bhutan
  
Regulated By
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
  
Asam Sahitya Sabha
  
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.
  
- Assamese was reinstated as the state language of Assam in 1873.
- Assamese language has its own stream of origin, it is evolved in a different way from rest of the Indo-Aryan languages of India.
Similar To
Not Available
  
Bengali and Oriya
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Igbo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Assamese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Bengali
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
kedụ
  
nomoskaar
  
Thank You
dalụ
  
ḍhonyobaaḍ
  
How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere
  
aapuni kene aase?
  
Good Night
ka chi fo
  
subhoraattri
  
Good Evening
mgbede ọma
  
subha gadhuli
  
Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma
  
subha abeli
  
Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma
  
suprobhaat
  
Please
Biko
  
anugroha kori
  
Sorry
Ndo
  
moi ḍukkhita
  
Bye
Not Available
  
biḍai
  
I Love You
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
  
moi tomaak bhaalpaao
  
Excuse Me
ngọpụ
  
kyoma koribo
  
Dialect 1
Enuani
  
Kamrupi
  
Where They Speak
Nigeria
  
Western Assam
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
6,000,000.00
  
16
Dialect 2
Ngwa
  
Goalpariya
  
Where They Speak
Nigeria
  
Western Assam
  
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00
  
22
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Bhakatiya
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Assam
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
15.30 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
15.00 million
  
40
Native Name
igbo
  
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)
  
Alternative Names
Ibo
  
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya
  
French Name
igbo
  
assamais
  
German Name
Ibo-Sprache
  
Assamesisch
  
Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Igbo people
  
Assamese people
  
Origin
30th Century BC
  
7th century A.D
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Kwa
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Kamarupa
  
Standard Forms
Standard Igbo
  
Assamese
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ig
  
as
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ibo
  
asm
  
ISO 639 2/B
ibo
  
asm
  
ISO 639 3
ibo
  
asm
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1417
  
assa1263
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
59-AAF-w
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Not Available
  
All Igbo and Assamese 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 Assamese dialects. Various dialects of Igbo and Assamese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Igbo are spoken in different Igbo Speaking Countries whereas Assamese Dialects are spoken in different Assamese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Igbo vs Assamese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Igbo dialects include: Enuani, Ngwa. Assamese dialects include: Kamrupi , Goalpariya. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Igbo and Assamese Speaking population
Igbo and Assamese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Igbo and Assamese languages can be compared. The total count of Igbo and Assamese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Igbo language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Assamese language is 0.24 %. 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 Assamese on Igbo vs Assamese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Igbo and Assamese Language Codes
Igbo and Assamese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Igbo and Assamese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.