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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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