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Igbo and Swahili


Swahili and Igbo


Countries

Countries
Nigeria  
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

National Language
Nigeria  
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Africa  

Minority Language
Equatorial Guinea  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture  
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)  

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.
  
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
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Similar To
Not Available  
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36  
18
24  
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
5  
2

How Many Consonants
28  
18
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks  
12
36 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
kedụ  
Habari  

Thank You
dalụ  
Asante  

How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere  
Habari gani?  

Good Night
ka chi fo  
Usiku mwema  

Good Evening
mgbede ọma  
Habari za jioni  

Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma  
nzuri Alasiri  

Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma  
Habari za asubuhi  

Please
Biko  
tafadhali  

Sorry
Ndo  
pole  

Bye
Not Available  
bye  

I Love You
a hụrụ m gị n'anya  
nakupenda  

Excuse Me
ngọpụ  
Samahani  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Enuani  
Kiunguja  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Zanzibar island  

Dialect 2
Ngwa  
Kimrima  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Dar es Salaam  

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

Dialect 3
Not present  
Kimgao  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Kilwa  

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million  
40
150.00 million  
13

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
15.00 million  
40

Native Name
igbo  
Not Available  

Alternative Names
Ibo  
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili  

French Name
igbo  
swahili  

German Name
Ibo-Sprache  
Swahili  

Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Igbo people  
Swahili people or Waswahili  

History

Origin
30th Century BC  
6th century  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Kwa  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
Not Available  
Bantu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Igbo  
Swahili  

Language Position
57  
99+
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
ig  
sw  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ibo  
swa  

ISO 639 2/B
ibo  
swa  

ISO 639 3
ibo  
swa  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nucl1417  
swah1254  

Linguasphere
No data available  
99-AUS-m  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Not Available  

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

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Igbo and Swahili Speaking population

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

Igbo and Swahili Language Codes

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

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