Countries
Nigeria
  
Nigeria
  
National Language
Nigeria
  
Gambia, Nigeria
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Nigeria
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Equatorial Guinea
  
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
  
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.
  
- Hausa language is the most important and the best known of the Chadic branch.
- There are about one-fourth of Hausa words come from Arabic.
  
Similar To
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Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
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Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
kedụ
  
sannu
  
Thank You
dalụ
  
gode ku
  
How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere
  
yaya dai
  
Good Night
ka chi fo
  
mai kyau dare
  
Good Evening
mgbede ọma
  
barka da yamma
  
Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma
  
barka da rana
  
Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma
  
mai kyau safe
  
Please
Biko
  
Don Allah
  
Sorry
Ndo
  
yi hakuri
  
Bye
Not Available
  
sai anjima
  
I Love You
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
  
Ina son ku
  
Excuse Me
ngọpụ
  
gafara dai
  
Dialect 1
Enuani
  
Gaananci
  
Where They Speak
Nigeria
  
Ghana
  
Dialect 2
Ngwa
  
Kurhwayanci
  
Where They Speak
Nigeria
  
Niger
  
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00
  
22
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Daragaram
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Niger
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
50.00 million
  
28
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
35.00 million
  
27
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
15.00 million
  
18
Native Name
igbo
  
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
  
Alternative Names
Ibo
  
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
  
French Name
igbo
  
haoussa
  
German Name
Ibo-Sprache
  
Haussa-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]
  
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Ethnicity
Igbo people
  
Hausa–Fulani people
  
Origin
30th Century BC
  
14
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Kwa
  
Chadic
  
Branch
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Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Igbo
  
Hausa
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
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Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ig
  
ha
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ibo
  
hau
  
ISO 639 2/B
ibo
  
hau
  
ISO 639 3
ibo
  
hau
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
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Glottocode
nucl1417
  
haus1257
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
19-HAA-b
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Fusional
  
Igbo and Hausa 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 Hausa greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Igbo and Hausa language. Igbo word for "Hello" is kedụ or Hausa word for "Thank You" is gode ku. Find more of such common Igbo Greetings and Hausa Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Igbo vs Hausa Difficulty
The Igbo vs Hausa difficulty level basically depends on the number of Igbo Alphabets and Hausa 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 Hausa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Igbo and Hausa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Igbo is 52 weeks while to learn Hausa time required is 44 weeks.