Igbo and Malayalam
Countries
Nigeria
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
National Language
Nigeria
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Equatorial Guinea
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Regulated By
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
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.
- Malayalam language has 54 literals. Same sounds have different versions to it.
- Malayalam script is reffered as "Rod Script" and it is derived from the Grantha script, which was developed from Indic script of Brahmi.
Similar To
Not Available
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Latin
Brahmic family and derivatives
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
dalụ
നന്ദി (nandi)
How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
Good Night
ka chi fo
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
Good Evening
mgbede ọma
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
Please
Biko
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
Sorry
Ndo
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
Bye
Not Available
വിട (viṭa)
I Love You
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Excuse Me
ngọpụ
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
Dialect 1
Enuani
Judeo-Malayalam
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Israel, kerala
Where They Speak
Nigeria
India
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Not present
Pandy Malayalam
Where They Speak
Not Available
France, kerala
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
igbo
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
Alternative Names
Ibo
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
French Name
igbo
malayalam
German Name
Ibo-Sprache
Malayalam
Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Igbo people
Malayali
Origin
30th Century BC
9th Century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Kwa
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
No early form
Standard Forms
Standard Igbo
Malayalam
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
nucl1417
mala1464
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Synthetic
All Igbo and Malayalam 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 Malayalam dialects. Various dialects of Igbo and Malayalam language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Igbo are spoken in different Igbo Speaking Countries whereas Malayalam Dialects are spoken in different Malayalam speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Igbo vs Malayalam Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Igbo dialects include: Enuani, Ngwa. Malayalam dialects include: Judeo-Malayalam , Mappila. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Igbo and Malayalam Speaking population
Igbo and Malayalam speaking population is one of the factors based on which Igbo and Malayalam languages can be compared. The total count of Igbo and Malayalam Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Igbo language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 %. 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 Malayalam on Igbo vs Malayalam where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Igbo and Malayalam Language Codes
Igbo and Malayalam language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Igbo and Malayalam Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.
