Igbo and Urdu
Countries
Nigeria
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
Nigeria
  
Pakistan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Pakistan
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia, Oceania
  
Minority Language
Equatorial Guinea
  
India
  
Regulated By
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
  
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan
  
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.
  
- Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
- Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Arabic and Hindi Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Ghaznavid Persian Language
  
Alphabets in
Igbo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Urdu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
kedụ
  
خوش آمديد
  
Thank You
dalụ
  
آپ کا شکریہ
  
How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere
  
آپ کیسے ہیں؟
  
Good Night
ka chi fo
  
گڈ نائٹ
  
Good Evening
mgbede ọma
  
سلام علیکم
  
Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma
  
گڈ آفٹر نون
  
Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma
  
گڈ مارننگ
  
Please
Biko
  
براہ مہربانی
  
Sorry
Ndo
  
معاف کرنا
  
Bye
Not Available
  
الوداع
  
I Love You
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
  
مجھے تم سے محبت
  
Excuse Me
ngọpụ
  
معاف کیجئے گا
  
Dialect 1
Enuani
  
Dakhini
  
Where They Speak
Nigeria
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
11,000,000.00
  
12
Dialect 2
Ngwa
  
Hyderabadi Urdu
  
Where They Speak
Nigeria
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00
  
22
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Rekhta
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
South Asia
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
104.00 million
  
15
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
61.00 million
  
19
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
43.00 million
  
14
Native Name
igbo
  
اُردُو
  
Alternative Names
Ibo
  
Bihari
  
French Name
igbo
  
ourdou
  
German Name
Ibo-Sprache
  
Urdu
  
Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]
  
[ˈʊrd̪u]
  
Ethnicity
Igbo people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
30th Century BC
  
12th Century CE
  
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
  
Modern Standard Urdu
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Urdu
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ig
  
ur
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ibo
  
urd
  
ISO 639 2/B
ibo
  
urd
  
ISO 639 3
ibo
  
urd
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1417
  
urdu1245
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
59-AAF-q
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Fusional
  
All Igbo and Urdu 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 Urdu dialects. Various dialects of Igbo and Urdu language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Igbo are spoken in different Igbo Speaking Countries whereas Urdu Dialects are spoken in different Urdu speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Igbo vs Urdu Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Igbo dialects include: Enuani, Ngwa. Urdu dialects include: Dakhini , Hyderabadi Urdu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Igbo and Urdu Speaking population
Igbo and Urdu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Igbo and Urdu languages can be compared. The total count of Igbo and Urdu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Igbo language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Urdu language is 0.99 %. 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 Urdu on Igbo vs Urdu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Igbo and Urdu Language Codes
Igbo and Urdu language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Igbo and Urdu Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.