Countries
Nigeria
  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
  
National Language
Nigeria
  
Bangladesh, India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
India
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Equatorial Guinea
  
Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
  
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
  
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.
  
- Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
- 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Assamese and Oriya
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Igbo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Bengali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
kedụ
  
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
  
Thank You
dalụ
  
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
  
How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere
  
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
  
Good Night
ka chi fo
  
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
  
Good Evening
mgbede ọma
  
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
  
Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma
  
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
  
Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma
  
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
  
Please
Biko
  
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
  
Sorry
Ndo
  
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
  
Bye
Not Available
  
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
  
I Love You
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
  
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
  
Excuse Me
ngọpụ
  
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
  
Dialect 1
Enuani
  
Chakma
  
Where They Speak
Nigeria
  
Bangladesh, Burma, India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Ngwa
  
Hajong
  
Where They Speak
Nigeria
  
Bangladesh, India
  
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00
  
22
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Rarhi
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
India
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
215.00 million
  
9
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
196.00 million
  
7
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
19.00 million
  
16
Native Name
igbo
  
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
  
Alternative Names
Ibo
  
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
  
French Name
igbo
  
bengali
  
German Name
Ibo-Sprache
  
Bengali
  
Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]
  
Not available
  
Ethnicity
Igbo people
  
Bengalis (Bengali people)
  
Origin
30th Century BC
  
1000–1200 CE
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Kwa
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Abahatta, Old Bengali
  
Standard Forms
Standard Igbo
  
Bengali
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ig
  
bn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ibo
  
ben
  
ISO 639 2/B
ibo
  
ben
  
ISO 639 3
ibo
  
ben
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1417
  
beng1280
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
59-AAF-u
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Not Available
  
Igbo and Bengali Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Igbo and Bengali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Igbo and Bengali language. Igbo word for "Hello" is kedụ or Bengali word for "Thank You" is ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad). Find more of such common Igbo Greetings and Bengali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Igbo vs Bengali Difficulty
The Igbo vs Bengali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Igbo Alphabets and Bengali Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Igbo and Bengali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Igbo and Bengali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Igbo is 52 weeks while to learn Bengali time required is 44 weeks.