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Igbo vs Nepali


Nepali vs Igbo


Countries

Countries
Nigeria  
India, Nepal  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Nigeria  
Nepal  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Republic of Brazil  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

Minority Language
Equatorial Guinea  
People's Republic of China  

Regulated By
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture  
Language Academy of Nepal  

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.
  
  • Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
  • Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  

Similar To
Not Available  
Hindi  

Derived From
Not Available  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36  
18
48  
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
12  
9

How Many Consonants
28  
18
36  
26

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks  
12
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
kedụ  
नमस्ते (namaste)  

Thank You
dalụ  
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)  

How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere  
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)  

Good Night
ka chi fo  
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)  

Good Evening
mgbede ọma  
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)  

Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma  
Good afternoon  

Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma  
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)  

Please
Biko  
कृपया  

Sorry
Ndo  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  

Bye
Not Available  
नमस्ते (namaste)  

I Love You
a hụrụ m gị n'anya  
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)  

Excuse Me
ngọpụ  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Enuani  
Doteli  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
790,000.00  
30

Dialect 2
Ngwa  
Bajhangi  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
India, Nepal  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
22
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Not present  
Baitadeli  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Nepal  

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million  
40
30.00 million  
36

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.25 %  
99+

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
5.00 million  
29

Native Name
igbo  
नेपाली (nēpālī)  

Alternative Names
Ibo  
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate  

French Name
igbo  
népalais  

German Name
Ibo-Sprache  
Nepali  

Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Igbo people  
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu  

History

Origin
30th Century BC  
19 BC  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Kwa  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Not Available  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha  

Standard Forms
Standard Igbo  
Nepali  

Language Position
57  
99+
59  
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Nepali  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
ig  
ne  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ibo  
nep  

ISO 639 2/B
ibo  
nep  

ISO 639 3
ibo  
npi  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nucl1417  
nepa1254  

Linguasphere
No data available  
12  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Agglutinative  

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Igbo and Nepali Language History

Comparison of Igbo vs Nepali language history gives us differences between origin of Igbo and Nepali language. History of Igbo language states that this language originated in 30th Century BC whereas history of Nepali language states that this language originated in 19 BC. 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 Nepali Language History.

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

Igbo vs Nepali Difficulty

The Igbo vs Nepali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Igbo Alphabets and Nepali 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 Nepali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Igbo and Nepali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Igbo is 52 weeks while to learn Nepali time required is 44 weeks.

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