Countries
Indonesia
  
Nigeria
  
National Language
Indonesia
  
Nigeria
  
Second Language
East Timor, Indonesia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands
  
Equatorial Guinea
  
Regulated By
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
  
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
  
Interesting Facts
- The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
- In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  
- 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.
  
Similar To
Malay language
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Malay and Dutch Languages
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Indonesian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Igbo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Halo
  
kedụ
  
Thank You
Terima kasih
  
dalụ
  
How Are You?
Apa kabar?
  
kedụ ka ịmere
  
Good Night
Selamat Malam
  
ka chi fo
  
Good Evening
Malam yang baik
  
mgbede ọma
  
Good Afternoon
Selamat Sore
  
ehihie ọma
  
Good Morning
Selamat Pagi
  
ụtụtụ ọma
  
Please
mohon Untuk
  
Biko
  
Sorry
maaf
  
Ndo
  
Bye
Selamat tinggal
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
Aku cinta kamu
  
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
  
Excuse Me
Permisi
  
ngọpụ
  
Dialect 1
Sundanese
  
Enuani
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Nigeria
  
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00
  
8
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Balinese
  
Ngwa
  
Where They Speak
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
  
Nigeria
  
How Many People Speak
3,300,000.00
  
17
1,500,000.00
  
22
Dialect 3
Minangkabau
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00
  
7
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
163.00 million
  
11
25.00 million
  
40
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
23.00 million
  
34
25.00 million
  
32
Second Language Speakers
140.00 million
  
4
Not Available
  
Native Name
Bahasa Melayu
  
igbo
  
Alternative Names
Bahasa Indonesia
  
Ibo
  
French Name
indonésien
  
igbo
  
German Name
Bahasa Indonesia
  
Ibo-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[iɡ͡boː]
  
Ethnicity
Indonesians
  
Igbo people
  
Origin
7th Century
  
30th Century BC
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Indonesian
  
Kwa
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Malay
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Indonesian
  
Standard Igbo
  
Signed Forms
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
id
  
ig
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ind
  
ibo
  
ISO 639 2/B
ind
  
ibo
  
ISO 639 3
ind
  
ibo
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
indo1316
  
nucl1417
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Agglutinative
  
All Indonesian and Igbo Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Indonesian and Igbo dialects. Various dialects of Indonesian and Igbo language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Indonesian are spoken in different Indonesian Speaking Countries whereas Igbo Dialects are spoken in different Igbo speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Indonesian vs Igbo Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Indonesian dialects include: Sundanese, Balinese. Igbo dialects include: Enuani , Ngwa. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Indonesian and Igbo Speaking population
Indonesian and Igbo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Indonesian and Igbo languages can be compared. The total count of Indonesian and Igbo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Indonesian language is 1.16 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Igbo language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Indonesian and Igbo on Indonesian vs Igbo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Indonesian and Igbo Language Codes
Indonesian and Igbo language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Indonesian and Igbo Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.