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Telugu vs Igbo


Igbo vs Telugu


Countries

Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam  
Nigeria  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
1  
14

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

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

Alphabets
60  
35
36  
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
19  
16
8  
5

How Many Consonants
41  
30
28  
18

Scripts
Telugu Script  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
52 weeks  
12

Greetings

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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Waddar  
Enuani  

Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
170,000.00  
39
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Chenchu  
Ngwa  

Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
26,000.00  
99+
1,500,000.00  
22

Dialect 3
Manna-Dora  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu  
Not Available  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
32
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
38  
28
20  
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
80.00 million  
20
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
1.15 %  
15
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  

History

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  

Language Position
15  
14
57  
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  

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Telugu and Igbo Language History

Comparison of Telugu vs Igbo language history gives us differences between origin of Telugu and Igbo language. History of Telugu language states that this language originated in c. 575 whereas history of Igbo language states that this language originated in 30th Century BC. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Telugu and Igbo Language History.

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Telugu and Igbo Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Telugu and Igbo greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Telugu and Igbo language. Telugu word for "Hello" is హలో (Halō) or Igbo word for "Thank You" is dalụ. Find more of such common Telugu Greetings and Igbo Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Telugu vs Igbo Difficulty

The Telugu vs Igbo difficulty level basically depends on the number of Telugu Alphabets and Igbo Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Telugu and Igbo are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Telugu and Igbo, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Telugu is 44 weeks while to learn Igbo time required is 52 weeks.

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