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Javanese and Igbo


Igbo and Javanese


Countries

Countries
Indonesia  
Nigeria  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Indonesia  
Nigeria  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname  
Equatorial Guinea  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture  

Interesting Facts
  • The Javanese group is the largest ethnic group in Indonesian.
  • The earliest writing in Javanese dates from the 4th Century AD, at that time Javanese was written with the Pallava alphabet.
  
  • 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
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages  
Not Available  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Javanese-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Igbo-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
27  
9
36  
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
8  
5

How Many Consonants
21  
11
28  
18

Scripts
Arabic, Javanese, Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
10
52 weeks  
12

Greetings

Hello
Halo  
kedụ  

Thank You
matur nuwun  
dalụ  

How Are You?
piye kabare?  
kedụ ka ịmere  

Good Night
wengi sing apik  
ka chi fo  

Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten  
mgbede ọma  

Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang  
ehihie ọma  

Good Morning
Sugeng énjing  
ụtụtụ ọma  

Please
Not Available  
Biko  

Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten  
Ndo  

Bye
Kepanggih malih benjang  
Not Available  

I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan  
a hụrụ m gị n'anya  

Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu  
ngọpụ  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Pekalongan  
Enuani  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Nigeria  

Dialect 2
Cirebon  
Ngwa  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
1,500,000.00  
22

Dialect 3
Arekan  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
16  
15
20  
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
82.00 million  
19
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
1.25 %  
13
Not Available  

Native Speakers
76.00 million  
13
25.00 million  
32

Native Name
basa Jawa  
igbo  

Alternative Names
Djawa, Jawa  
Ibo  

French Name
javanais  
igbo  

German Name
Javanisch  
Ibo-Sprache  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[iɡ͡boː]  

Ethnicity
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)  
Igbo people  

History

Origin
450 AD  
30th Century BC  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Indonesian  
Kwa  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Javanese  
Standard Igbo  

Language Position
11  
10
57  
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
jv  
ig  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jav  
ibo  

ISO 639 2/B
jav  
ibo  

ISO 639 3
jav  
ibo  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
java1253  
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  

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All Javanese 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 Javanese and Igbo dialects. Various dialects of Javanese and Igbo language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Javanese are spoken in different Javanese Speaking Countries whereas Igbo Dialects are spoken in different Igbo speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Javanese vs Igbo Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Javanese dialects include: Pekalongan, Cirebon. Igbo dialects include: Enuani , Ngwa. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Javanese and Igbo Speaking population

Javanese and Igbo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Javanese and Igbo languages can be compared. The total count of Javanese and Igbo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Javanese language is 1.25 % 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 Javanese and Igbo on Javanese vs Igbo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Javanese and Igbo Language Codes

Javanese and Igbo language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Javanese and Igbo Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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