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Igbo and Bhojpuri


Bhojpuri and Igbo


Countries

Countries
Nigeria  
India, No official status  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
0  
15

National Language
Nigeria  
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  
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago  

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.
  
  • Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
  • In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
  

Similar To
Not Available  
Maithili and Magahi  

Derived From
Not Available  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36  
18
43  
23

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
11  
8

How Many Consonants
28  
18
34  
24

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks  
12
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
kedụ  
प्रणाम (prannam)  

Thank You
dalụ  
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)  

How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere  
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)  

Good Night
ka chi fo  
राम राम (raam raam)  

Good Evening
mgbede ọma  
राम राम (raam raam)  

Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma  
राम राम (raam raam)  

Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma  
राम राम (raam raam)  

Please
Biko  
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)  

Sorry
Ndo  
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)  

Bye
Not Available  
प्रणाम (prannam)  

I Love You
a hụrụ m gị n'anya  
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)  

Excuse Me
ngọpụ  
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Enuani  
Caribbean Hindustani  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
16,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Ngwa  
Fiji Hindi  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
22
380,000.00  
31

Dialect 3
Not present  
Tharu Bhojpuri  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
India  

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
13  
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million  
40
40.00 million  
31

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.43 %  
31

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
40.00 million  
24

Native Name
igbo  
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)  

Alternative Names
Ibo  
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas  

French Name
igbo  
bhojpuri  

German Name
Ibo-Sprache  
Bhojpuri  

Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]  
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/  

Ethnicity
Igbo people  
Not Available  

History

Origin
30th Century BC  
19th Century  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Kwa  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Igbo  
Bhojpuri  

Language Position
57  
99+
37  
29

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ig  
No data Available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ibo  
bho  

ISO 639 2/B
ibo  
bho  

ISO 639 3
ibo  
bho  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nucl1417  
bhoj1246  

Linguasphere
No data available  
59-AAF-sa  

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

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Igbo and Bhojpuri Speaking population

Igbo and Bhojpuri speaking population is one of the factors based on which Igbo and Bhojpuri languages can be compared. The total count of Igbo and Bhojpuri Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Igbo language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Bhojpuri language is 0.43 %. 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 Bhojpuri on Igbo vs Bhojpuri where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Igbo and Bhojpuri Language Codes

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

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