Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
  
Nigeria
  
National Language
Andra Pradesh, India
  
Nigeria
  
Second Language
Karnataka
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
  
Equatorial Guinea
  
Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
  
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
  
Interesting Facts
- Telugu is the only language in the Eastern world that has every single word that ends with a vowel sound. Telugu language is called "Italian of the East".
- Telugu is one of the oldest language in India which is 2,400 years old.
  
- 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
Tamil
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Telugu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Igbo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Telugu Script
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
హలో (Halō)
  
kedụ
  
Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
  
dalụ
  
How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
  
kedụ ka ịmere
  
Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
  
ka chi fo
  
Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
  
mgbede ọma
  
Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
  
ehihie ọma
  
Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
  
ụtụtụ ọma
  
Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
  
Biko
  
Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
  
Ndo
  
Bye
బై (Bai)
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
  
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
  
Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
  
ngọpụ
  
Dialect 1
Waddar
  
Enuani
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
  
Nigeria
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Chenchu
  
Ngwa
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
  
Nigeria
  
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00
  
22
Dialect 3
Manna-Dora
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
80.00 million
  
20
25.00 million
  
40
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
75.00 million
  
14
25.00 million
  
32
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million
  
29
Not Available
  
Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)
  
igbo
  
Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
  
Ibo
  
French Name
télougou
  
igbo
  
German Name
Telugu-Sprache
  
Ibo-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[iɡ͡boː]
  
Ethnicity
Telugu people
  
Igbo people
  
Origin
c. 575
  
30th Century BC
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Kwa
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Telugu
  
Standard Igbo
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
te
  
ig
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tel
  
ibo
  
ISO 639 2/B
tel
  
ibo
  
ISO 639 3
tel
  
ibo
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
telu1262
  
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
  
Telugu and Igbo Speaking population
Telugu and Igbo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Telugu and Igbo languages can be compared. The total count of Telugu and Igbo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Telugu language is 1.15 % 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 Telugu and Igbo on Telugu vs Igbo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Telugu and Igbo Language Codes
Telugu and Igbo language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Telugu and Igbo Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.