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Igbo and Hausa


Hausa and Igbo


Countries

Countries
Nigeria   
Nigeria   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Nigeria   
Gambia, Nigeria   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Nigeria   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Africa   

Minority Language
Equatorial Guinea   
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo   

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.
  
  • Hausa language is the most important and the best known of the Chadic branch.
  • There are about one-fourth of Hausa words come from Arabic.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36   
18
44   
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
12   
9

How Many Consonants
28   
18
32   
22

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks   
12
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
kedụ   
sannu   

Thank You
dalụ   
gode ku   

How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere   
yaya dai   

Good Night
ka chi fo   
mai kyau dare   

Good Evening
mgbede ọma   
barka da yamma   

Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma   
barka da rana   

Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma   
mai kyau safe   

Please
Biko   
Don Allah   

Sorry
Ndo   
yi hakuri   

Bye
Not Available   
sai anjima   

I Love You
a hụrụ m gị n'anya   
Ina son ku   

Excuse Me
ngọpụ   
gafara dai   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Enuani   
Gaananci   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
Ghana   

Dialect 2
Ngwa   
Kurhwayanci   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
Niger   

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00   
22
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Not present   
Daragaram   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Niger   

Total No. Of Dialects
20   
18
20   
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million   
40
50.00 million   
28

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.52 %   
28

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
35.00 million   
27

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
15.00 million   
18

Native Name
igbo   
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)   

Alternative Names
Ibo   
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa   

French Name
igbo   
haoussa   

German Name
Ibo-Sprache   
Haussa-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Igbo people   
Hausa–Fulani people   

History

Origin
30th Century BC   
14   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Kwa   
Chadic   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Igbo   
Hausa   

Language Position
57   
99+
34   
27

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ig   
ha   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ibo   
hau   

ISO 639 2/B
ibo   
hau   

ISO 639 3
ibo   
hau   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1417   
haus1257   

Linguasphere
No data available   
19-HAA-b   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Fusional   

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

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Igbo and Hausa Speaking population

Igbo and Hausa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Igbo and Hausa languages can be compared. The total count of Igbo and Hausa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Igbo language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Hausa language is 0.52 %. 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 Hausa on Igbo vs Hausa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Igbo and Hausa Language Codes

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

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