Countries
Nigeria
  
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
  
National Language
Nigeria
  
Malaysia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Indonesia
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Equatorial Guinea
  
Thailand
  
Regulated By
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
  
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
  
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.
  
- One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Indonesian Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Tamil Language
  
Alphabets in
Igbo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Malaysian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
kedụ
  
Hai
  
Thank You
dalụ
  
terima kasih
  
How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere
  
Apa khabar?
  
Good Night
ka chi fo
  
Selamat Malam
  
Good Evening
mgbede ọma
  
Selamat Petang
  
Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma
  
Selamat tengah hari
  
Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma
  
Selamat pagi
  
Please
Biko
  
sila
  
Sorry
Ndo
  
maaf
  
Bye
Not Available
  
Selamat tinggal
  
I Love You
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
  
Saya sayang kamu
  
Excuse Me
ngọpụ
  
Maafkan saya
  
Dialect 1
Enuani
  
Bengkulu
  
Where They Speak
Nigeria
  
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,600,000.00
  
25
Dialect 2
Ngwa
  
Pekal
  
Where They Speak
Nigeria
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00
  
22
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Musi
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,100,000.00
  
11
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
175.00 million
  
10
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
77.00 million
  
12
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
98.00 million
  
8
Native Name
igbo
  
Bahasa melayu
  
Alternative Names
Ibo
  
Not Available
  
French Name
igbo
  
malais
  
German Name
Ibo-Sprache
  
Malaiisch
  
Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]
  
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
  
Ethnicity
Igbo people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
30th Century BC
  
c. 683 AD
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Kwa
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
  
Standard Forms
Standard Igbo
  
Pluricentric Standard Malay
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Malaysian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ig
  
ms
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ibo
  
msa
  
ISO 639 2/B
ibo
  
may
  
ISO 639 3
ibo
  
zsm
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1417
  
stan1306
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Agglutinative
  
All Igbo and Malaysian 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 Malaysian dialects. Various dialects of Igbo and Malaysian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Igbo are spoken in different Igbo Speaking Countries whereas Malaysian Dialects are spoken in different Malaysian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Igbo vs Malaysian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Igbo dialects include: Enuani, Ngwa. Malaysian dialects include: Bengkulu , Pekal. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Igbo and Malaysian Speaking population
Igbo and Malaysian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Igbo and Malaysian languages can be compared. The total count of Igbo and Malaysian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Igbo language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Malaysian language is 1.16 %. 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 Malaysian on Igbo vs Malaysian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Igbo and Malaysian Language Codes
Igbo and Malaysian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Igbo and Malaysian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.