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Kurdish and Igbo


Countries

Countries
Nigeria  
Iraq, Kurdistan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Nigeria  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Middle East  

Minority Language
Equatorial Guinea  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

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 vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  

Similar To
Not Available  
Farsi Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36  
18
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
8  
5

How Many Consonants
28  
18
29  
19

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks  
12
4 weeks  
2

Greetings

Hello
kedụ  
Silaw  

Thank You
dalụ  
Sipas  

How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere  
Tu çawa yî?  

Good Night
ka chi fo  
Şev xweş  

Good Evening
mgbede ọma  
Evare baş  

Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma  
Nee-wa-rowt bash  

Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma  
Bayanit bash  

Please
Biko  
Bê zehmet  

Sorry
Ndo  
Bibûre  

Bye
Not Available  
Be xêr çî  

I Love You
a hụrụ m gị n'anya  
Ez te hez dikem  

Excuse Me
ngọpụ  
Bê zehmet  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Enuani  
Northern Kurdish  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
20,000,000.00  
10

Dialect 2
Ngwa  
Central Kurdish  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
22
5,000,000.00  
14

Dialect 3
Not present  
Southern Kurdish  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Eastern Iraq  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
3,000,000.00  
12

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million  
40
28.00 million  
38

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.31 %  
39

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
21.00 million  
36

Native Name
igbo  
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди  

Alternative Names
Ibo  
Not Available  

French Name
igbo  
kurde  

German Name
Ibo-Sprache  
Kurdisch  

Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Igbo people  
Kurds  

History

Origin
30th Century BC  
16th century CE  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Kwa  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Not Available  

Standard Forms
Standard Igbo  
Kurdish  

Language Position
57  
99+
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
ig  
ku  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ibo  
kur  

ISO 639 2/B
ibo  
kur  

ISO 639 3
ibo  
kur  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nucl1417  
kurd1259  

Linguasphere
No data available  
58-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Not Available  

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

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Igbo and Kurdish Speaking population

Igbo and Kurdish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Igbo and Kurdish languages can be compared. The total count of Igbo and Kurdish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Igbo language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 %. 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 Kurdish on Igbo vs Kurdish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Igbo and Kurdish Language Codes

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

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