Countries
Nigeria
  
Indonesia
  
National Language
Nigeria
  
Indonesia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Equatorial Guinea
  
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname
  
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.
  
- The Javanese group is the largest ethnic group in Indonesian.
- The earliest writing in Javanese dates from the 4th Century AD, at that time Javanese was written with the Pallava alphabet.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Igbo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Javanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic, Javanese, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
kedụ
  
Halo
  
Thank You
dalụ
  
matur nuwun
  
How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere
  
piye kabare?
  
Good Night
ka chi fo
  
wengi sing apik
  
Good Evening
mgbede ọma
  
Sugeng sọnten
  
Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma
  
Sugeng siang
  
Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma
  
Sugeng énjing
  
Please
Biko
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
Ndo
  
Nyuwun pangapunten
  
Bye
Not Available
  
Kepanggih malih benjang
  
I Love You
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
  
Kula tresna panjengan
  
Excuse Me
ngọpụ
  
Nuwun séwu
  
Dialect 1
Enuani
  
Pekalongan
  
Where They Speak
Nigeria
  
Indonesia
  
Dialect 2
Ngwa
  
Cirebon
  
Where They Speak
Nigeria
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00
  
22
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Arekan
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
82.00 million
  
19
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
76.00 million
  
13
Native Name
igbo
  
basa Jawa
  
Alternative Names
Ibo
  
Djawa, Jawa
  
French Name
igbo
  
javanais
  
German Name
Ibo-Sprache
  
Javanisch
  
Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Igbo people
  
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)
  
Origin
30th Century BC
  
450 AD
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Kwa
  
Indonesian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Igbo
  
Javanese
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ig
  
jv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ibo
  
jav
  
ISO 639 2/B
ibo
  
jav
  
ISO 639 3
ibo
  
jav
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1417
  
java1253
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Agglutinative
  
All Igbo and Javanese 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 Javanese dialects. Various dialects of Igbo and Javanese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Igbo are spoken in different Igbo Speaking Countries whereas Javanese Dialects are spoken in different Javanese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Igbo vs Javanese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Igbo dialects include: Enuani, Ngwa. Javanese dialects include: Pekalongan , Cirebon. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Igbo and Javanese Speaking population
Igbo and Javanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Igbo and Javanese languages can be compared. The total count of Igbo and Javanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Igbo language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Javanese language is 1.25 %. 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 Javanese on Igbo vs Javanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Igbo and Javanese Language Codes
Igbo and Javanese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Igbo and Javanese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.