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English vs Igbo


Countries

Countries
Nigeria   
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
33   
2

National Language
Nigeria   
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America   

Minority Language
Equatorial Guinea   
South Africa   

Regulated By
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture   
Not Available   

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.
  
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36   
18
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
5   
2

How Many Consonants
28   
18
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
7   
6

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks   
12
6 weeks   
3

Greetings

Hello
kedụ   
Hello   

Thank You
dalụ   
Thank you   

How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere   
How are you?   

Good Night
ka chi fo   
Good Night   

Good Evening
mgbede ọma   
Good Evening   

Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma   
Good Afternoon   

Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma   
Good Morning   

Please
Biko   
Please   

Sorry
Ndo   
Sorry   

Bye
Not Available   
Bye   

I Love You
a hụrụ m gị n'anya   
I love you   

Excuse Me
ngọpụ   
Excuse Me   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Enuani   
American English   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
United States of America   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
225,000,000.00   
3

Dialect 2
Ngwa   
Hiberno-English   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom   

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00   
22
4,500,000.00   
15

Dialect 3
Not present   
Welsh English   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
United Kingdom   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
2,500,000.00   
14

Total No. Of Dialects
20   
18
188   
34

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million   
40
1,200.00 million   
1

Speaking Population
Not Available   
5.43 %   
4

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
400.00 million   
3

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
400.00 million   
1

Native Name
igbo   
English   

Alternative Names
Ibo   
Not Available   

French Name
igbo   
anglais   

German Name
Ibo-Sprache   
Englisch   

Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]   
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/   

Ethnicity
Igbo people   
Not Available   

History

Origin
30th Century BC   
5th Century AD   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Kwa   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English   

Standard Forms
Standard Igbo   
Standard English   

Language Position
57   
99+
3   
3

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed English   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ig   
en   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ibo   
eng   

ISO 639 2/B
ibo   
eng   

ISO 639 3
ibo   
eng   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
engs   

Glottocode
nucl1417   
stan1293   

Linguasphere
No data available   
52-ABA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic   

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Igbo and English Language History

Comparison of Igbo vs English language history gives us differences between origin of Igbo and English language. History of Igbo language states that this language originated in 30th Century BC whereas history of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century AD. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Igbo and English Language History.

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Igbo and English 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 English greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Igbo and English language. Igbo word for "Hello" is kedụ or English word for "Thank You" is Thank you. Find more of such common Igbo Greetings and English Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Igbo vs English Difficulty

The Igbo vs English difficulty level basically depends on the number of Igbo Alphabets and English 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 English are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Igbo and English, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Igbo is 52 weeks while to learn English time required is 6 weeks.

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