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Chinese and Igbo


Countries

Countries
Nigeria   
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
5   
10

National Language
Nigeria   
China, Taiwan   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Republic of Brazil   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia   

Minority Language
Equatorial Guinea   
Indonesia, Malaysia   

Regulated By
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture   
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council   

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.
  
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  

Similar To
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Derived From
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Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36   
18
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
24   
19

How Many Consonants
28   
18
23   
13

Scripts
Latin   
Chinese Characters and derivatives   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks   
12
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
kedụ   
您好 (Nín hǎo)   

Thank You
dalụ   
谢谢 (Xièxiè)   

How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere   
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)   

Good Night
ka chi fo   
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)   

Good Evening
mgbede ọma   
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)   

Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma   
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)   

Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma   
早安 (Zǎo ān)   

Please
Biko   
请 (Qǐng)   

Sorry
Ndo   
遗憾 (Yíhàn)   

Bye
Not Available   
再见 (Zàijiàn)   

I Love You
a hụrụ m gị n'anya   
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)   

Excuse Me
ngọpụ   
劳驾 (Láojià)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Enuani   
Mandarin   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
960,000,000.00   
1

Dialect 2
Ngwa   
Wu   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
China, United States of America   

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00   
22
80,000,000.00   
1

Dialect 3
Not present   
Yue   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
60,000,000.00   
2

Total No. Of Dialects
20   
18
10   
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million   
40
1,051.00 million   
2

Speaking Population
Not Available   
16.00 %   
2

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
873.00 million   
1

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
178.00 million   
3

Native Name
igbo   
中文 (zhōngwén)   

Alternative Names
Ibo   
Not Available   

French Name
igbo   
chinois   

German Name
Ibo-Sprache   
Chinesisch   

Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Igbo people   
Han   

History

Origin
30th Century BC   
1250 BC   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Sino-Tibetan Family   

Subgroup
Kwa   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Igbo   
Standard Chinese   

Language Position
57   
99+
1   
1

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ig   
zh   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ibo   
zho   

ISO 639 2/B
ibo   
chi   

ISO 639 3
ibo   
zho   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1417   
sini1245   

Linguasphere
No data available   
79-AAA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Analytic, Isolating   

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

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Igbo and Chinese Speaking population

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

Igbo and Chinese Language Codes

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

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