Igbo vs Urdu
Countries
Nigeria
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
Nigeria
  
Pakistan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Pakistan
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia, Oceania
  
Minority Language
Equatorial Guinea
  
India
  
Regulated By
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
  
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan
  
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.
  
- Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
- Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Arabic and Hindi Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Ghaznavid Persian Language
  
Alphabets in
Igbo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Urdu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
kedụ
  
خوش آمديد
  
Thank You
dalụ
  
آپ کا شکریہ
  
How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere
  
آپ کیسے ہیں؟
  
Good Night
ka chi fo
  
گڈ نائٹ
  
Good Evening
mgbede ọma
  
سلام علیکم
  
Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma
  
گڈ آفٹر نون
  
Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma
  
گڈ مارننگ
  
Please
Biko
  
براہ مہربانی
  
Sorry
Ndo
  
معاف کرنا
  
Bye
Not Available
  
الوداع
  
I Love You
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
  
مجھے تم سے محبت
  
Excuse Me
ngọpụ
  
معاف کیجئے گا
  
Dialect 1
Enuani
  
Dakhini
  
Where They Speak
Nigeria
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
11,000,000.00
  
12
Dialect 2
Ngwa
  
Hyderabadi Urdu
  
Where They Speak
Nigeria
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00
  
22
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Rekhta
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
South Asia
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
104.00 million
  
15
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
61.00 million
  
19
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
43.00 million
  
14
Native Name
igbo
  
اُردُو
  
Alternative Names
Ibo
  
Bihari
  
French Name
igbo
  
ourdou
  
German Name
Ibo-Sprache
  
Urdu
  
Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]
  
[ˈʊrd̪u]
  
Ethnicity
Igbo people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
30th Century BC
  
12th Century CE
  
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
  
Modern Standard Urdu
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Urdu
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ig
  
ur
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ibo
  
urd
  
ISO 639 2/B
ibo
  
urd
  
ISO 639 3
ibo
  
urd
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1417
  
urdu1245
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
59-AAF-q
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Fusional
  
Igbo and Urdu Language History
Comparison of Igbo vs Urdu language history gives us differences between origin of Igbo and Urdu language. History of Igbo language states that this language originated in 30th Century BC whereas history of Urdu language states that this language originated in 12th Century CE. 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 Urdu Language History.
Igbo and Urdu 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 Urdu greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Igbo and Urdu language. Igbo word for "Hello" is kedụ or Urdu word for "Thank You" is آپ کا شکریہ. Find more of such common Igbo Greetings and Urdu Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Igbo vs Urdu Difficulty
The Igbo vs Urdu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Igbo Alphabets and Urdu 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 Urdu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Igbo and Urdu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Igbo is 52 weeks while to learn Urdu time required is 44 weeks.