Countries
Japan
  
Nigeria
  
National Language
Japan
  
Nigeria
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Palau
  
Equatorial Guinea
  
Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
  
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
  
Interesting Facts
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
- 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
Korean Language
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Igbo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Kana
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
  
kedụ
  
Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)
  
dalụ
  
How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
  
kedụ ka ịmere
  
Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
  
ka chi fo
  
Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
  
mgbede ọma
  
Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
  
ehihie ọma
  
Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)
  
ụtụtụ ọma
  
Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
  
Biko
  
Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
  
Ndo
  
Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
  
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
  
Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
  
ngọpụ
  
Dialect 1
Sanuki
  
Enuani
  
Where They Speak
Kagawa
  
Nigeria
  
How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00
  
28
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Hakata
  
Ngwa
  
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
  
Nigeria
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,500,000.00
  
22
Dialect 3
Kansai
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
kansai
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
128.00 million
  
14
25.00 million
  
40
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
128.00 million
  
9
25.00 million
  
32
Native Name
日本語
  
igbo
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Ibo
  
French Name
japonais
  
igbo
  
German Name
Japanisch
  
Ibo-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
  
[iɡ͡boː]
  
Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
  
Igbo people
  
Origin
1185
  
30th Century BC
  
Language Family
Japonic Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Kwa
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Japanese
  
Standard Igbo
  
Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ja
  
ig
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
jpn
  
ibo
  
ISO 639 2/B
jpn
  
ibo
  
ISO 639 3
jpn
  
ibo
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1643
  
nucl1417
  
Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Agglutinative
  
All Japanese 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 Japanese and Igbo dialects. Various dialects of Japanese and Igbo language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Japanese are spoken in different Japanese Speaking Countries whereas Igbo Dialects are spoken in different Igbo speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Japanese vs Igbo Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Japanese dialects include: Sanuki, Hakata. Igbo dialects include: Enuani , Ngwa. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Japanese and Igbo Speaking population
Japanese and Igbo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Japanese and Igbo languages can be compared. The total count of Japanese and Igbo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 % 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 Japanese and Igbo on Japanese vs Igbo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Japanese and Igbo Language Codes
Japanese and Igbo language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Japanese and Igbo Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.