Urdu and Igbo
Countries
India, Pakistan
  
Nigeria
  
National Language
Pakistan
  
Nigeria
  
Second Language
Pakistan
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
India
  
Equatorial Guinea
  
Regulated By
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan
  
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
  
Interesting Facts
- Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
- Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  
- 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
Arabic and Hindi Languages
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Urdu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Igbo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
خوش آمديد
  
kedụ
  
Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ
  
dalụ
  
How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟
  
kedụ ka ịmere
  
Good Night
گڈ نائٹ
  
ka chi fo
  
Good Evening
سلام علیکم
  
mgbede ọma
  
Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون
  
ehihie ọma
  
Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ
  
ụtụtụ ọma
  
Please
براہ مہربانی
  
Biko
  
Sorry
معاف کرنا
  
Ndo
  
Bye
الوداع
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت
  
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
  
Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا
  
ngọpụ
  
Dialect 1
Dakhini
  
Enuani
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Nigeria
  
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00
  
12
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu
  
Ngwa
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Nigeria
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,500,000.00
  
22
Dialect 3
Rekhta
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
South Asia
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
104.00 million
  
15
25.00 million
  
40
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
61.00 million
  
19
25.00 million
  
32
Second Language Speakers
43.00 million
  
14
Not Available
  
Native Name
اُردُو
  
igbo
  
Alternative Names
Bihari
  
Ibo
  
French Name
ourdou
  
igbo
  
German Name
Urdu
  
Ibo-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]
  
[iɡ͡boː]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Igbo people
  
Origin
12th Century CE
  
30th Century BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Kwa
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu
  
Standard Igbo
  
Signed Forms
Signed Urdu
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ur
  
ig
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
urd
  
ibo
  
ISO 639 2/B
urd
  
ibo
  
ISO 639 3
urd
  
ibo
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
urdu1245
  
nucl1417
  
Linguasphere
59-AAF-q
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Agglutinative
  
All Urdu 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 Urdu and Igbo dialects. Various dialects of Urdu and Igbo language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Urdu are spoken in different Urdu Speaking Countries whereas Igbo Dialects are spoken in different Igbo speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Urdu vs Igbo Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Urdu dialects include: Dakhini, Hyderabadi Urdu. Igbo dialects include: Enuani , Ngwa. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Urdu and Igbo Speaking population
Urdu and Igbo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Urdu and Igbo languages can be compared. The total count of Urdu and Igbo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Urdu language is 0.99 % 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 Urdu and Igbo on Urdu vs Igbo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Urdu and Igbo Language Codes
Urdu and Igbo language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Urdu and Igbo Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.