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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Nigeria
Benin, Nigeria
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
12
About Bhojpuri Language
0 46
1.3 National Language
Nigeria
Nigeria
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
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
1.7 Regulated By
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
Yoruba Academy
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.
  • One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
  • In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.
1.9 Similar To
Not Available
Owo and Itsekiri languages
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
3629
About Irish Language
18 247
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
812
About Hebrew Language
0 32
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2817
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
33
About Bengali Language
2 12
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks30 weeks
About Cebuano Language
3 88
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
kedụ
Ẹ n lẹ
3.2 Thank You
dalụ
e dupe
3.3 How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere
Bawo ni o se wa
3.4 Good Night
ka chi fo
Kasun layọ o
3.5 Good Evening
mgbede ọma
ka a ale
3.6 Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma
e kaasan
3.7 Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma
e kaaro
3.8 Please
Biko
Jowo
3.9 Sorry
Ndo
binu
3.10 Bye
Not Available
bye
3.11 I Love You
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
mo nifẹ rẹ
3.12 Excuse Me
ngọpụ
mo tọrọ gafara
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Enuani
Itsekiri
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Nigeria
Nigeria
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA500,000.00
About Macedonian Language
1.5 960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Ngwa
Ede
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Nigeria
Benin, Togo
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00800,000.00
About Dzongkha Language
700 80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Not present
Ulukwumi
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Not Available
Nigeria
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA10,000.00
About Romanian Language
1400 96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
2020
About Sanskrit Language
0 188
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
25.00 million30.00 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 1200
5.2 Speaking Population
NA0.42 %
About Xhosa Language
0.11 89
5.3 Native Speakers
25.00 million28.00 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
Yorùbá
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Ibo
Yariba, Yooba
5.3.4 French Name
igbo
yoruba
5.3.5 German Name
Ibo-Sprache
Yoruba-Sprache
5.4 Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Igbo people
Yoruba people
6 History
6.1 Origin
30th Century BC
4 BC
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Niger-Congo Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Kwa
Western Sudanic
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Kwa
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Standard Igbo
Yorùbá
6.3.3 Language Position
5749
About Chinese Language
1 120
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Yoruba Sign Language
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
ig
yo
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
ibo
yor
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
ibo
yor
7.3 ISO 639 3
ibo
yor
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
nucl1417
yoru1245
7.6 Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Analytic, Isolating

Igbo and Yoruba Alphabets

Igbo and Yoruba Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Igbo and Yoruba. In Igbo Alphabets there are 36 letters while in Yoruba Alphabets there are 29 letters. To learn Igbo and Yoruba languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Igbo and Yoruba 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 Yoruba greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Igbo and Yoruba are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Igbo and Yoruba Speaking population

Igbo and Yoruba speaking population is one of the factors based on which Igbo and Yoruba languages can be compared. The total count of Igbo and Yoruba Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Igbo language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 %. 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 Yoruba on Igbo vs Yoruba where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Igbo and Yoruba Language Codes

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