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Igbo and Dzongkha


Dzongkha and Igbo


Countries

Countries
Nigeria   
Bhutan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Nigeria   
Bhutan   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
India   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia   

Minority Language
Equatorial Guinea   
India   

Regulated By
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture   
Dzongkha Development Commission   

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.
  
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Sikkimese Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Tibetan Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36   
18
95   
39

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
5   
2

How Many Consonants
28   
18
30   
20

Scripts
Latin   
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille   

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   
Kuzoozangpo La   

Thank You
dalụ   
Kaadinchhey La   

How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere   
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?   

Good Night
ka chi fo   
lek shom ay zim   

Good Evening
mgbede ọma   
Not Available   

Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma   
Not Available   

Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma   
Not Available   

Please
Biko   
Not Available   

Sorry
Ndo   
Tsip maza   

Bye
Not Available   
Log Jay Gay   

I Love You
a hụrụ m gị n'anya   
Nga cheu lu ga   

Excuse Me
ngọpụ   
Tsip maza   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Enuani   
Laya   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
Bhutan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,100.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Ngwa   
Lunana   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
Bhutan   

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00   
22
700.00   
99+

Dialect 3
Not present   
Adap   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Bhutan   

Total No. Of Dialects
20   
18
Not Available   

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million   
40
0.64 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
0.17 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
0.47 million   
37

Native Name
igbo   
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)   

Alternative Names
Ibo   
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar   

French Name
igbo   
dzongkha   

German Name
Ibo-Sprache   
Dzongkha   

Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]   
Not available   

Ethnicity
Igbo people   
Ngalop people   

History

Origin
30th Century BC   
17th Century   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Sino-Tibetan Family   

Subgroup
Kwa   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Tibeto-Burman   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Igbo   
Dzongkha   

Language Position
57   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ig   
dz   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ibo   
dzo   

ISO 639 2/B
ibo   
dzo   

ISO 639 3
ibo   
dzo   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1417   
nucl1307   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data Available   

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

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Igbo and Dzongkha Speaking population

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

Igbo and Dzongkha Language Codes

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

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