Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
  
Nigeria
  
National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
  
Nigeria
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Equatorial Guinea
  
Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
  
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
  
Interesting Facts
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
- 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
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Arabic Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Igbo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Habari
  
kedụ
  
Thank You
Asante
  
dalụ
  
How Are You?
Habari gani?
  
kedụ ka ịmere
  
Good Night
Usiku mwema
  
ka chi fo
  
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
  
mgbede ọma
  
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
  
ehihie ọma
  
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
  
ụtụtụ ọma
  
Please
tafadhali
  
Biko
  
Sorry
pole
  
Ndo
  
Bye
bye
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
nakupenda
  
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
  
Excuse Me
Samahani
  
ngọpụ
  
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
  
Enuani
  
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
  
Nigeria
  
Dialect 2
Kimrima
  
Ngwa
  
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
  
Nigeria
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,500,000.00
  
22
Dialect 3
Kimgao
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Kilwa
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
150.00 million
  
13
25.00 million
  
40
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
15.00 million
  
40
25.00 million
  
32
Native Name
Not Available
  
igbo
  
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
  
Ibo
  
French Name
swahili
  
igbo
  
German Name
Swahili
  
Ibo-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[iɡ͡boː]
  
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
  
Igbo people
  
Origin
6th century
  
30th Century BC
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Kwa
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Swahili
  
Standard Igbo
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sw
  
ig
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
swa
  
ibo
  
ISO 639 2/B
swa
  
ibo
  
ISO 639 3
swa
  
ibo
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
swah1254
  
nucl1417
  
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative
  
All Swahili 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 Swahili and Igbo dialects. Various dialects of Swahili and Igbo language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Swahili are spoken in different Swahili Speaking Countries whereas Igbo Dialects are spoken in different Igbo speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Swahili vs Igbo Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Swahili dialects include: Kiunguja, Kimrima. Igbo dialects include: Enuani , Ngwa. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Swahili and Igbo Speaking population
Swahili and Igbo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swahili and Igbo languages can be compared. The total count of Swahili and Igbo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swahili language is Not Available 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 Swahili and Igbo on Swahili vs Igbo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Swahili and Igbo Language Codes
Swahili and Igbo language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Swahili and Igbo Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.