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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Nigeria
South Africa
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
11
About Bhojpuri Language
0 46
1.3 National Language
Nigeria
South Africa
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
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
Pan South African Language Board
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.
  • The meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
  • Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.
1.9 Similar To
Not Available
Xhosa Language
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
3657
About Irish Language
18 247
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
87
About Hebrew Language
0 32
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2850
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 weeks44 weeks
About Cebuano Language
3 88
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
kedụ
Sawubona
3.2 Thank You
dalụ
Ngiyabonga
3.3 How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere
unjani
3.4 Good Night
ka chi fo
okuhle ebusuku
3.5 Good Evening
mgbede ọma
okuhle kusihlwa
3.6 Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma
okuhle ntambama
3.7 Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma
okuhle ekuseni
3.8 Please
Biko
Ngiyacela
3.9 Sorry
Ndo
Ngiyaxolisa
3.10 Bye
Not Available
bye
3.11 I Love You
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
Ngiyakuthanda wena
3.12 Excuse Me
ngọpụ
Uxolo
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Enuani
Qwabe
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Nigeria
Gabon, South Africa
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NANA
About Macedonian Language
1.5 960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Ngwa
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Nigeria
Georgia, South Africa
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00NA
About Dzongkha Language
700 80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Not present
Ndebele
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Not Available
Zimbabwe
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 million30.00 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 1200
5.2 Speaking Population
NA0.16 %
About Xhosa Language
0.11 89
5.3 Native Speakers
25.00 million12.00 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
NA16.00 million
About Finnish Language
0.01 400
5.3.2 Native Name
igbo
isiZulu
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Ibo
Isizulu, Zunda
5.3.4 French Name
igbo
zoulou
5.3.5 German Name
Ibo-Sprache
Zulu-Sprache
5.4 Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Igbo people
Zulu people
6 History
6.1 Origin
30th Century BC
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6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Niger-Congo Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Kwa
Benue-Congo
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Beatu
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
urban Zulu
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Standard Igbo
Deep Zulu
6.3.3 Language Position
5787
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
zu
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
ibo
zul
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
ibo
zul
7.3 ISO 639 3
ibo
zul
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
nucl1417
zulu1248
7.6 Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUT-fg
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
Not Available

Igbo and Zulu Alphabets

Igbo and Zulu Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Igbo and Zulu. In Igbo Alphabets there are 36 letters while in Zulu Alphabets there are 57 letters. To learn Igbo and Zulu languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Igbo and Zulu 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 Zulu greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Igbo and Zulu are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Igbo and Zulu Speaking population

Igbo and Zulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Igbo and Zulu languages can be compared. The total count of Igbo and Zulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Igbo language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 %. 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 Zulu on Igbo vs Zulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Igbo and Zulu Language Codes

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