Countries
Nigeria
  
India
  
National Language
Nigeria
  
India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Equatorial Guinea
  
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia
  
Regulated By
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
  
NA
  
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.
  
- Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
- Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Bengali Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Igbo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Gujarati-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Hello
kedụ
  
નમસ્તે (namaste)
  
Thank You
dalụ
  
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)
  
How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere
  
કેમ છો (kem cho?)
  
Good Night
ka chi fo
  
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)
  
Good Evening
mgbede ọma
  
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)
  
Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma
  
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)
  
Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma
  
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)
  
Please
Biko
  
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)
  
Sorry
Ndo
  
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)
  
Bye
Not Available
  
બાય (Bāya)
  
I Love You
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
  
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)
  
Excuse Me
ngọpụ
  
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)
  
Dialect 1
Enuani
  
Kathiyawadi
  
Where They Speak
Nigeria
  
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Dialect 2
Ngwa
  
Kharwa
  
Where They Speak
Nigeria
  
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00
  
22
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Not Available
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
60.00 million
  
27
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
50.00 million
  
22
Native Name
igbo
  
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)
  
Alternative Names
Ibo
  
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi
  
French Name
igbo
  
goudjrati
  
German Name
Ibo-Sprache
  
Gujarati-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]
  
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]
  
Ethnicity
Igbo people
  
Gujaratis
  
Origin
30th Century BC
  
15
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Kwa
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Gujarati
  
Standard Forms
Standard Igbo
  
Modern Gujarati
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ig
  
gu
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ibo
  
guj
  
ISO 639 2/B
ibo
  
guj
  
ISO 639 3
ibo
  
guj
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1417
  
guja1252
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Not Available
  
Igbo and Gujarati 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 Gujarati greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Igbo and Gujarati language. Igbo word for "Hello" is kedụ or Gujarati word for "Thank You" is ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad). Find more of such common Igbo Greetings and Gujarati Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Igbo vs Gujarati Difficulty
The Igbo vs Gujarati difficulty level basically depends on the number of Igbo Alphabets and Gujarati 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 Gujarati are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Igbo and Gujarati, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Igbo is 52 weeks while to learn Gujarati time required is 18 weeks.