Countries
Nigeria
  
Iraq, Kurdistan
  
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 in
Igbo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kurdish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
28.00 million
  
38
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
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
  
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.
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.