1 Countries
1.1 Countries
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.8 National Language
Nigeria
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
1.9 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.10 Speaking Continents
1.11 Minority Language
Equatorial Guinea
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
1.12 Regulated By
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
Not Available
1.13 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.
- Meithei Language is currently classified as a vulnerable language by UNESCO.
- The oldest document in Methei language was dated back in 8th century were inscriptions on the copper plate.
1.14 Similar To
Not Available
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
1.15 Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
3.3 How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
3.4 Good Night
3.5 Good Evening
3.6 Good Afternoon
3.7 Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma
Nongale haugatl
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
Not Available
Chatcharage
3.11 I Love You
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
Eina nangbu nungsi
3.12 Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Nigeria
Bangladesh, India
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00273,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Not present
Meithei proper
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Not Available
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA1,250,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
25.00 million1.50 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
25.00 million1.50 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Ibo
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
5.5 Ethnicity
Igbo people
Meithei people
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Standard Igbo
Standard Meithei
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Not Available