Countries
Countries
Nigeria
Assam, India
Total No. Of Countries
1
14
1
14
National Language
Nigeria
Assam, India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not Available
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Equatorial Guinea
Not Available
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.
- In ancient times, Bodo language was written using Assamese script and Roman script.
- Bodo Language is written using Devanagari script since 1963.
Similar To
Not Available
Dimasa language, Garo language, Kokborok language
Derived From
Not Available
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Alphabets
Alphabets in
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Bodo-Alphabets.jpg#200
Alphabets
36
18
45
25
Phonology
How Many Vowels
8
5
20
17
How Many Consonants
28
18
25
15
Scripts
Latin
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Not Available
Not Available
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
3
2
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks
12
Not Available
Greetings
Hello
kedụ
Not Available
Thank You
dalụ
Not Available
How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere
Nungni khabora ma?
Good Night
ka chi fo
मोजां हर (Mwjang Hor)
Good Evening
mgbede ọma
Not Available
Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma
Not Available
Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma
मोजां फुं (Mwjang Fung)
Please
Biko
अननानै (Onnanwi)
Sorry
Ndo
Not Available
Bye
Not Available
Not Available
I Love You
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)
Excuse Me
ngọpụ
Not Available
Dialects
Dialect 1
Enuani
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar
Dialect 2
Ngwa
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00
22
Not Available
Dialect 3
Not present
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect
Where They Speak
Not Available
Assam, India, Nepal
Total No. Of Dialects
20
18
3
3
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
40
0.60 million
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Native Speakers
25.00 million
32
0.60 million
99+
Native Name
igbo
बड़ो (boṛo)
Alternative Names
Ibo
Bara, Bodi, Boro, Boroni, Kachari, Mech, Meche, Mechi, Meci
French Name
igbo
Not Available
German Name
Ibo-Sprache
Not Available
Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]
[bɔɽo]
Ethnicity
Igbo people
Bodo, Mech, (Assamese)
History
Origin
30th Century BC
1913
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Kwa
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Not Available
Standard Forms
Standard Igbo
Not Available
Language Position
57
99+
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
ig
Not Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ibo
Not Available
ISO 639 2/B
ibo
Not Available
ISO 639 3
ibo
brx
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
nucl1417
bodo1269
Linguasphere
No data available
Not Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Not Available
