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Igbo and Oriya


Oriya and Igbo


Countries

Countries
Nigeria   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Nigeria   
India   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia   

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 earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
  • Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Bengali and Assamese   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36   
18
42   
22

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
11   
8

How Many Consonants
28   
18
31   
21

Scripts
Latin   
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks   
12
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
kedụ   
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)   

Thank You
dalụ   
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)   

How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere   
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)   

Good Night
ka chi fo   
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)   

Good Evening
mgbede ọma   
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)   

Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma   
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)   

Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma   
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)   

Please
Biko   
Not Available   

Sorry
Ndo   
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)   

Bye
Not Available   
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)   

I Love You
a hụrụ m gị n'anya   
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)   

Excuse Me
ngọpụ   
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Enuani   
Baleswari   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
India   

Dialect 2
Ngwa   
Ganjami   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
India   

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

Dialect 3
Not present   
Kosli   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
India   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
520,000.00   
21

Total No. Of Dialects
20   
18
8   
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million   
40
33.00 million   
34

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.50 %   
29

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
33.00 million   
28

Native Name
igbo   
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)   

Alternative Names
Ibo   
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia   

French Name
igbo   
oriya   

German Name
Ibo-Sprache   
Oriya-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]   
[ˈoɽia]   

Ethnicity
Igbo people   
Odias   

History

Origin
30th Century BC   
3 BC   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Kwa   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Igbo   
Standard Odia   

Language Position
57   
99+
32   
26

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Indian Signing System   

Scope
Individual   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
ig   
or   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ibo   
ori   

ISO 639 2/B
ibo   
ori   

ISO 639 3
ibo   
ori   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1417   
macr1269   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

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

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Igbo and Oriya Speaking population

Igbo and Oriya speaking population is one of the factors based on which Igbo and Oriya languages can be compared. The total count of Igbo and Oriya Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Igbo language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Oriya language is 0.50 %. 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 Oriya on Igbo vs Oriya where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Igbo and Oriya Language Codes

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

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