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Igbo and Bengali


Bengali and Igbo


Countries

Countries
Nigeria  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

National Language
Nigeria  
Bangladesh, India  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
India  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

Minority Language
Equatorial Guinea  
Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Regulated By
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture  
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi  

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.
  
  • Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
  • 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.
  

Similar To
Not Available  
Assamese and Oriya  

Derived From
Not Available  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36  
18
51  
30

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
11  
8

How Many Consonants
28  
18
40  
29

Scripts
Latin  
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks  
12
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
kedụ  
হ্যালো (Hyālō)  

Thank You
dalụ  
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)  

How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere  
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)  

Good Night
ka chi fo  
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)  

Good Evening
mgbede ọma  
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)  

Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma  
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)  

Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma  
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)  

Please
Biko  
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)  

Sorry
Ndo  
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)  

Bye
Not Available  
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)  

I Love You
a hụrụ m gị n'anya  
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)  

Excuse Me
ngọpụ  
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Enuani  
Chakma  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Bangladesh, Burma, India  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
330,000.00  
36

Dialect 2
Ngwa  
Hajong  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Bangladesh, India  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
22
71,000.00  
36

Dialect 3
Not present  
Rarhi  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
India  

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
25  
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million  
40
215.00 million  
9

Speaking Population
Not Available  
3.11 %  
8

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
196.00 million  
7

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
19.00 million  
16

Native Name
igbo  
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)  

Alternative Names
Ibo  
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa  

French Name
igbo  
bengali  

German Name
Ibo-Sprache  
Bengali  

Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]  
Not available  

Ethnicity
Igbo people  
Bengalis (Bengali people)  

History

Origin
30th Century BC  
1000–1200 CE  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Kwa  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Not Available  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Abahatta, Old Bengali  

Standard Forms
Standard Igbo  
Bengali  

Language Position
57  
99+
4  
4

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ig  
bn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ibo  
ben  

ISO 639 2/B
ibo  
ben  

ISO 639 3
ibo  
ben  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nucl1417  
beng1280  

Linguasphere
No data available  
59-AAF-u  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Not Available  

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

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Igbo and Bengali Speaking population

Igbo and Bengali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Igbo and Bengali languages can be compared. The total count of Igbo and Bengali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Igbo language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Bengali language is 3.11 %. 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 Bengali on Igbo vs Bengali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Igbo and Bengali Language Codes

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

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