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Igbo and Punjabi


Punjabi and Igbo


Countries

Countries
Nigeria  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Nigeria  
India, Pakistan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Pakistan  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

Minority Language
Equatorial Guinea  
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America  

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.
  
  • Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
  • Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
  

Similar To
Not Available  
Hindi Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36  
18
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
9  
6

How Many Consonants
28  
18
41  
30

Scripts
Latin  
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks  
12
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

Hello
kedụ  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)  

Thank You
dalụ  
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)  

How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere  
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)  

Good Night
ka chi fo  
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)  

Good Evening
mgbede ọma  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)  

Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)  

Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)  

Please
Biko  
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)  

Sorry
Ndo  
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)  

Bye
Not Available  
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)  

I Love You
a hụrụ m gị n'anya  
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)  

Excuse Me
ngọpụ  
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Enuani  
Pothohari  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Pakistan  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
2,500,000.00  
22

Dialect 2
Ngwa  
Saraiki  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Afganistan, India, Pakistan  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
22
20,000,000.00  
5

Dialect 3
Not present  
Doabi  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Pakistan, Punjab, India  

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
30  
24

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million  
40
154.30 million  
12

Speaking Population
Not Available  
1.44 %  
11

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
100.00 million  
11

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
54.30 million  
12

Native Name
igbo  
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی  

Alternative Names
Ibo  
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi  

French Name
igbo  
pendjabi  

German Name
Ibo-Sprache  
Pandschabi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]  
Not Availble  

Ethnicity
Igbo people  
Punjabis  

History

Origin
30th Century BC  
1000 AD  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Kwa  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Not Available  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi  

Standard Forms
Standard Igbo  
Modern Punjabi  

Language Position
57  
99+
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual  
Not Available  

Code

ISO 639 1
ig  
pa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ibo  
pan  

ISO 639 2/B
ibo  
pan  

ISO 639 3
ibo  
pan  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nucl1417  
panj1256  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Not Available  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Fusional  

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

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Igbo and Punjabi Speaking population

Igbo and Punjabi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Igbo and Punjabi languages can be compared. The total count of Igbo and Punjabi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Igbo language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Punjabi language is 1.44 %. 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 Punjabi on Igbo vs Punjabi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Igbo and Punjabi Language Codes

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

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