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
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
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.
  
- The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
- Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Bengali and Assamese
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Igbo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Oriya-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
kedụ
  
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
  
Thank You
dalụ
  
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
  
How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere
  
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
  
Good Night
ka chi fo
  
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
  
Good Evening
mgbede ọma
  
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
  
Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma
  
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
  
Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma
  
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
  
Please
Biko
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
Ndo
  
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
  
Bye
Not Available
  
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
  
I Love You
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
  
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
  
Excuse Me
ngọpụ
  
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
  
Dialect 1
Enuani
  
Baleswari
  
Where They Speak
Nigeria
  
India
  
Dialect 2
Ngwa
  
Ganjami
  
Where They Speak
Nigeria
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00
  
22
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Kosli
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
33.00 million
  
34
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
33.00 million
  
28
Native Name
igbo
  
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
  
Alternative Names
Ibo
  
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
  
French Name
igbo
  
oriya
  
German Name
Ibo-Sprache
  
Oriya-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]
  
[ˈoɽia]
  
Ethnicity
Igbo people
  
Odias
  
Origin
30th Century BC
  
3 BC
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Kwa
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Igbo
  
Standard Odia
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
ig
  
or
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ibo
  
ori
  
ISO 639 2/B
ibo
  
ori
  
ISO 639 3
ibo
  
ori
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1417
  
macr1269
  
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 Oriya 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 Oriya greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Igbo and Oriya language. Igbo word for "Hello" is kedụ or Oriya word for "Thank You" is ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad). Find more of such common Igbo Greetings and Oriya Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Igbo vs Oriya Difficulty
The Igbo vs Oriya difficulty level basically depends on the number of Igbo Alphabets and Oriya 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 Oriya are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Igbo and Oriya, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Igbo is 52 weeks while to learn Oriya time required is 44 weeks.