Countries
Nigeria
  
India, Karnataka, India
  
National Language
Nigeria
  
Karnataka, India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Goa
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Equatorial Guinea
  
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
  
Regulated By
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
  
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
  
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.
  
- Kannada is the third oldest language after Sanskrit and Tamil of India
- Kannada language is only Indian language which got maximum i.e. 8 GyanaPeetha Awards.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Telugu
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Igbo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kannada-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Kannada Script
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
kedụ
  
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
  
Thank You
dalụ
  
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
  
How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere
  
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
  
Good Night
ka chi fo
  
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
  
Good Evening
mgbede ọma
  
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
  
Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma
  
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
  
Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma
  
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
  
Please
Biko
  
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
  
Sorry
Ndo
  
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
  
Bye
Not Available
  
ಬೈ (Bai)
  
I Love You
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
  
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
  
Excuse Me
ngọpụ
  
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
  
Dialect 1
Enuani
  
Badaga
  
Where They Speak
Nigeria
  
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Ngwa
  
Urali
  
Where They Speak
Nigeria
  
kerala
  
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00
  
22
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Kurumba
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
49.00 million
  
29
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
38.00 million
  
26
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
11.00 million
  
21
Native Name
igbo
  
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
  
Alternative Names
Ibo
  
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
  
French Name
igbo
  
kannada
  
German Name
Ibo-Sprache
  
Kannada
  
Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]
  
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
  
Ethnicity
Igbo people
  
Kannadiga
  
Origin
30th Century BC
  
c. 450
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Dravidian Family
  
Subgroup
Kwa
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Kannada, Kannada
  
Standard Forms
Standard Igbo
  
Modern Kannada
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ig
  
kn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ibo
  
kan
  
ISO 639 2/B
ibo
  
kan
  
ISO 639 3
ibo
  
kan
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1417
  
nucl1305
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Not Available
  
Igbo and Kannada 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 Kannada greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Igbo and Kannada language. Igbo word for "Hello" is kedụ or Kannada word for "Thank You" is ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu). Find more of such common Igbo Greetings and Kannada Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Igbo vs Kannada Difficulty
The Igbo vs Kannada difficulty level basically depends on the number of Igbo Alphabets and Kannada 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 Kannada are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Igbo and Kannada, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Igbo is 52 weeks while to learn Kannada time required is 44 weeks.