Countries
Nigeria
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
Nigeria
  
India, Pakistan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Pakistan
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Equatorial Guinea
  
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
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.
  
- Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
- Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Hindi Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Igbo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Punjabi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
kedụ
  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
  
Thank You
dalụ
  
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
  
How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere
  
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
  
Good Night
ka chi fo
  
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
  
Good Evening
mgbede ọma
  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma
  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
  
Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma
  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Please
Biko
  
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
  
Sorry
Ndo
  
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
  
Bye
Not Available
  
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
  
I Love You
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
  
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
  
Excuse Me
ngọpụ
  
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
  
Dialect 1
Enuani
  
Pothohari
  
Where They Speak
Nigeria
  
Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
2,500,000.00
  
22
Dialect 2
Ngwa
  
Saraiki
  
Where They Speak
Nigeria
  
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00
  
22
20,000,000.00
  
5
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Doabi
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Pakistan, Punjab, India
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
154.30 million
  
12
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
100.00 million
  
11
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
54.30 million
  
12
Native Name
igbo
  
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
  
Alternative Names
Ibo
  
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
  
French Name
igbo
  
pendjabi
  
German Name
Ibo-Sprache
  
Pandschabi-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]
  
Not Availble
  
Ethnicity
Igbo people
  
Punjabis
  
Origin
30th Century BC
  
1000 AD
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Kwa
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
  
Standard Forms
Standard Igbo
  
Modern Punjabi
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
ig
  
pa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ibo
  
pan
  
ISO 639 2/B
ibo
  
pan
  
ISO 639 3
ibo
  
pan
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1417
  
panj1256
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Fusional
  
Igbo and Punjabi 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 Punjabi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Igbo and Punjabi language. Igbo word for "Hello" is kedụ or Punjabi word for "Thank You" is ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā). Find more of such common Igbo Greetings and Punjabi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Igbo vs Punjabi Difficulty
The Igbo vs Punjabi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Igbo Alphabets and Punjabi 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 Punjabi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Igbo and Punjabi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Igbo is 52 weeks while to learn Punjabi time required is 6 weeks.