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Konkani and Igbo


Igbo and Konkani


Countries

Countries
India   
Nigeria   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
India   
Nigeria   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Equatorial Guinea   

Regulated By
Govenment of Goa   
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture   

Interesting Facts
  • Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
  • Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  
  • 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
Marathi   
Not Available   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52   
31
36   
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16   
13
8   
5

How Many Consonants
36   
26
28   
18

Scripts
Devanagari   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks   
2
52 weeks   
12

Greetings

Hello
Namaskar   
kedụ   

Thank You
Dev Borem Korum   
dalụ   

How Are You?
kaso assa?   
kedụ ka ịmere   

Good Night
Rati Boren Zavonn   
ka chi fo   

Good Evening
Sanj Borem Zavonn   
mgbede ọma   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
ehihie ọma   

Good Morning
Dis Borem Zavonn   
ụtụtụ ọma   

Please
Chike   
Biko   

Sorry
Maf kor   
Ndo   

Bye
Adeus   
Not Available   

I Love You
hav tujo mog korta.   
a hụrụ m gị n'anya   

Excuse Me
upkar korxi   
ngọpụ   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Antruz   
Enuani   

Where They Speak
Goa   
Nigeria   

Dialect 2
Not present   
Ngwa   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Nigeria   

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

Dialect 3
Not present   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
1   
1
20   
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.40 million   
99+
25.00 million   
40

Speaking Population
0.11 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
7.40 million   
99+
25.00 million   
32

Native Name
Kōṅkaṇī   
igbo   

Alternative Names
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese   
Ibo   

French Name
konkani   
igbo   

German Name
Konkani   
Ibo-Sprache   

Pronunciation
kõkɳi   
[iɡ͡boː]   

Ethnicity
Konkanis   
Igbo people   

History

Origin
1209 A.D.   
30th Century BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Kwa   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Kokani   
Standard Igbo   

Language Position
Not Available   
57   
99+

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
ig   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kok   
ibo   

ISO 639 2/B
kok   
ibo   

ISO 639 3
kok   
ibo   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
goan1235   
nucl1417   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative   

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

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Konkani and Igbo Speaking population

Konkani and Igbo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Konkani and Igbo languages can be compared. The total count of Konkani and Igbo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Konkani language is 0.11 % 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 Konkani and Igbo on Konkani vs Igbo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Konkani and Igbo Language Codes

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

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