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Igbo and Nepali


Nepali and Igbo


Countries

Countries
Nigeria   
India, Nepal   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Nigeria   
Nepal   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia   

Minority Language
Equatorial Guinea   
People's Republic of China   

Regulated By
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture   
Language Academy of Nepal   

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.
  
  • Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
  • Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Hindi   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36   
18
48   
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
12   
9

How Many Consonants
28   
18
36   
26

Scripts
Latin   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks   
12
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
kedụ   
नमस्ते (namaste)   

Thank You
dalụ   
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)   

How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere   
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)   

Good Night
ka chi fo   
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)   

Good Evening
mgbede ọma   
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)   

Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma   
Good afternoon   

Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma   
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)   

Please
Biko   
कृपया   

Sorry
Ndo   
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   

Bye
Not Available   
नमस्ते (namaste)   

I Love You
a hụrụ m gị n'anya   
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)   

Excuse Me
ngọpụ   
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Enuani   
Doteli   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
Nepal   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
790,000.00   
30

Dialect 2
Ngwa   
Bajhangi   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
India, Nepal   

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00   
22
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Not present   
Baitadeli   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Nepal   

Total No. Of Dialects
20   
18
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million   
40
30.00 million   
36

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.25 %   
99+

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
5.00 million   
29

Native Name
igbo   
नेपाली (nēpālī)   

Alternative Names
Ibo   
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate   

French Name
igbo   
népalais   

German Name
Ibo-Sprache   
Nepali   

Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Igbo people   
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu   

History

Origin
30th Century BC   
19 BC   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Kwa   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha   

Standard Forms
Standard Igbo   
Nepali   

Language Position
57   
99+
59   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Nepali   

Scope
Individual   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
ig   
ne   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ibo   
nep   

ISO 639 2/B
ibo   
nep   

ISO 639 3
ibo   
npi   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1417   
nepa1254   

Linguasphere
No data available   
12   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Agglutinative   

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

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Igbo and Nepali Speaking population

Igbo and Nepali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Igbo and Nepali languages can be compared. The total count of Igbo and Nepali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Igbo language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 %. 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 Nepali on Igbo vs Nepali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Igbo and Nepali Language Codes

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

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