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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Nigeria
Zimbabwe
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
11
About Bhojpuri Language
0 46
1.3 National Language
Nigeria
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa
1.6 Minority Language
Equatorial Guinea
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
Not Available
1.8 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.
  • Shona language is tonal language.
  • The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
1.9 Similar To
Not Available
Kalanga and Nambya Language
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
36NA
About Irish Language
18 247
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
85
About Hebrew Language
0 32
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2846
About German Language
9 60
2.4 Scripts
Latin
Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
34
About Bengali Language
2 12
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
52 weeksNA
About Cebuano Language
3 88
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
kedụ
Mhoro
3.2 Thank You
dalụ
Waita zvako
3.3 How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere
Wakadini zvako?
3.4 Good Night
ka chi fo
Urare zvakanaka
3.5 Good Evening
mgbede ọma
Manheru
3.6 Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma
Masikati
3.7 Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma
Mangwanani
3.8 Please
Biko
Ndinokumbirawo
3.9 Sorry
Ndo
Ndineurombo
3.10 Bye
Not Available
bye
3.11 I Love You
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
Ndinokuda
3.12 Excuse Me
ngọpụ
Pamusoro
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Enuani
Hwesa
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Nigeria
Zimbabwe
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NANA
About Macedonian Language
1.5 960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Ngwa
Karanga
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Nigeria
southern Zimbabwe
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00NA
About Dzongkha Language
700 80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Not present
Zezuru
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Not Available
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NANA
About Romanian Language
1400 96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
204
About Sanskrit Language
0 188
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
25.00 million25.00 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 1200
5.2 Speaking Population
NA0.13 %
About Xhosa Language
0.11 89
5.3 Native Speakers
25.00 million8.30 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
NANA
About Finnish Language
0.01 400
5.3.2 Native Name
igbo
Not Available
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Ibo
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
5.3.4 French Name
igbo
shona
5.3.5 German Name
Ibo-Sprache
Schona-Sprache
5.4 Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Igbo people
Not Available
6 History
6.1 Origin
30th Century BC
20th century
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Niger-Congo Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Kwa
Benue-Congo
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Bantu
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Not Available
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Standard Igbo
Not Available
6.3.3 Language Position
57107
About Chinese Language
1 120
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
ig
sn
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
ibo
sna
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
ibo
sna
7.3 ISO 639 3
ibo
sna
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
nucl1417
core1255
7.6 Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUT-a
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Not Available

Igbo and Shona Alphabets

Igbo and Shona Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Igbo and Shona. In Igbo Alphabets there are 36 letters while in Shona Alphabets there are Not Available letters. To learn Igbo and Shona languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Igbo and Shona languages. The Igbo phonology consist Igbo vowels and Igbo consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Igbo greetings vs Shona greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Igbo and Shona are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Igbo and Shona Speaking population

Igbo and Shona speaking population is one of the factors based on which Igbo and Shona languages can be compared. The total count of Igbo and Shona Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Igbo language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 %. 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 Shona on Igbo vs Shona where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Igbo and Shona Language Codes

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