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Swahili and Igbo


Igbo and Swahili


Countries

Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya   
Nigeria   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
1   
14

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

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

Alphabets
24   
6
36   
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
8   
5

How Many Consonants
21   
11
28   
18

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
52 weeks   
12

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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   

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
20   
18

How Many People Speak

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   

History

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   
57   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

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   

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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.

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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.

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