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.
  
- Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
- Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Old German Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Prakrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Igbo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Sanskrit-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
kedụ
  
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
  
Thank You
dalụ
  
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
  
How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere
  
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
  
Good Night
ka chi fo
  
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
  
Good Evening
mgbede ọma
  
शुभः सायंकालः
  
Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma
  
शुभ दुपार
  
Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma
  
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
  
Please
Biko
  
कृपया (kripayā)
  
Sorry
Ndo
  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
  
Bye
Not Available
  
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
  
I Love You
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
  
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
  
Excuse Me
ngọpụ
  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
  
Dialect 1
Enuani
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Nigeria
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Ngwa
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Nigeria
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00
  
22
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Total No. Of Dialects
0
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
14.10 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
14.10 million
  
99+
Native Name
igbo
  
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
  
Alternative Names
Ibo
  
Not Available
  
French Name
igbo
  
sanskrit
  
German Name
Ibo-Sprache
  
Sanskrit
  
Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]
  
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
  
Ethnicity
Igbo people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
30th Century BC
  
2000 B.C.
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Kwa
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Vedic Sanskrit
  
Standard Forms
Standard Igbo
  
Sanskrit
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ig
  
sa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ibo
  
san
  
ISO 639 2/B
ibo
  
san
  
ISO 639 3
ibo
  
san
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1417
  
sans1269
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Ancient
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Synthetic
  
Igbo and Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Igbo and Sanskrit language. Igbo word for "Hello" is kedụ or Sanskrit word for "Thank You" is धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh). Find more of such common Igbo Greetings and Sanskrit Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Igbo vs Sanskrit Difficulty
The Igbo vs Sanskrit difficulty level basically depends on the number of Igbo Alphabets and Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Igbo and Sanskrit, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Igbo is 52 weeks while to learn Sanskrit time required is 20 weeks.