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Urdu vs Igbo


Igbo vs Urdu


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan  
Nigeria  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

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

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

Alphabets
52  
31
36  
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
8  
5

How Many Consonants
40  
29
28  
18

Scripts
Arabic  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
52 weeks  
12

Greetings

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  

Dialects

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  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
20  
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
104.00 million  
15
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
0.99 %  
20
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  

History

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  

Language Position
20  
18
57  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Urdu  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  

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Urdu and Igbo Language History

Comparison of Urdu vs Igbo language history gives us differences between origin of Urdu and Igbo language. History of Urdu language states that this language originated in 12th Century CE 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 Urdu and Igbo Language History.

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Urdu 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 Urdu and Igbo greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Urdu and Igbo language. Urdu word for "Hello" is خوش آمديد or Igbo word for "Thank You" is dalụ. Find more of such common Urdu Greetings and Igbo Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Urdu vs Igbo Difficulty

The Urdu vs Igbo difficulty level basically depends on the number of Urdu 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 Urdu and Igbo are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Urdu and Igbo, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Urdu is 44 weeks while to learn Igbo time required is 52 weeks.

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