Igbo and Cantonese
Countries
Nigeria
Hong Kong, Macau
National Language
Nigeria
China, Guangdong
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Equatorial Guinea
Hawaii
Regulated By
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
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.
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
Similar To
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Chinese Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Igbo-Alphabets.jpg#200
Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere
你好吗？
Good Evening
mgbede ọma
晚上好
Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma
下午好
Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma
早上好
I Love You
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
我爱你
Dialect 1
Enuani
Guangzhou
Where They Speak
Nigeria
outside mainland China
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Hong Kong
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Not present
Hong Kong
Where They Speak
Not Available
Hong Kong
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
igbo
Kwang Tung Wa
Alternative Names
Ibo
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
French Name
igbo
Not Available
German Name
Ibo-Sprache
Not Available
Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Igbo people
Not Available
Origin
30th Century BC
17th century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Kwa
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Branch
Not Available
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Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Igbo
Standard Cantonese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
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Scope
Individual
Not Available
ISO 639 1
ig
No data available
ISO 639 2/T
ibo
Not Available
ISO 639 2/B
ibo
Not Available
ISO 639 3
ibo
No data available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
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Glottocode
nucl1417
cant1236
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
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Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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All Igbo and Cantonese 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 Cantonese dialects. Various dialects of Igbo and Cantonese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Igbo are spoken in different Igbo Speaking Countries whereas Cantonese Dialects are spoken in different Cantonese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Igbo vs Cantonese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Igbo dialects include: Enuani, Ngwa. Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou , Xiguan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Igbo and Cantonese Speaking population
Igbo and Cantonese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Igbo and Cantonese languages can be compared. The total count of Igbo and Cantonese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Igbo language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 %. 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 Cantonese on Igbo vs Cantonese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Igbo and Cantonese Language Codes
Igbo and Cantonese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Igbo and Cantonese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.