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Yoruba and Igbo


Igbo and Yoruba


Countries

Countries
Benin, Nigeria  
Nigeria  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Nigeria  
Nigeria  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Africa  

Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Equatorial Guinea  

Regulated By
Yoruba Academy  
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
  • In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.
  
  • 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
Owo and Itsekiri languages  
Not Available  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200  
Igbo-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
29  
11
36  
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
8  
5

How Many Consonants
17  
7
28  
18

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
9
52 weeks  
12

Greetings

Hello
Ẹ n lẹ  
kedụ  

Thank You
e dupe  
dalụ  

How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa  
kedụ ka ịmere  

Good Night
Kasun layọ o  
ka chi fo  

Good Evening
ka a ale  
mgbede ọma  

Good Afternoon
e kaasan  
ehihie ọma  

Good Morning
e kaaro  
ụtụtụ ọma  

Please
Jowo  
Biko  

Sorry
binu  
Ndo  

Bye
bye  
Not Available  

I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ  
a hụrụ m gị n'anya  

Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara  
ngọpụ  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Itsekiri  
Enuani  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
34
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Ede  
Ngwa  

Where They Speak
Benin, Togo  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
800,000.00  
27
1,500,000.00  
22

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Not Available  

How Many People Speak
10,000.00  
34
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
20  
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
0.42 %  
32
Not Available  

Native Speakers
28.00 million  
29
25.00 million  
32

Native Name
Yorùbá  
igbo  

Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba  
Ibo  

French Name
yoruba  
igbo  

German Name
Yoruba-Sprache  
Ibo-Sprache  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[iɡ͡boː]  

Ethnicity
Yoruba people  
Igbo people  

History

Origin
4 BC  
30th Century BC  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Western Sudanic  
Kwa  

Branch
Kwa  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Yorùbá  
Standard Igbo  

Language Position
49  
36
57  
99+

Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
yo  
ig  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
yor  
ibo  

ISO 639 2/B
yor  
ibo  

ISO 639 3
yor  
ibo  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
yoru1245  
nucl1417  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Agglutinative  

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All Yoruba 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 Yoruba and Igbo dialects. Various dialects of Yoruba and Igbo language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Yoruba are spoken in different Yoruba Speaking Countries whereas Igbo Dialects are spoken in different Igbo speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Yoruba vs Igbo Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Yoruba dialects include: Itsekiri, Ede. Igbo dialects include: Enuani , Ngwa. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Yoruba and Igbo Speaking population

Yoruba and Igbo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Yoruba and Igbo languages can be compared. The total count of Yoruba and Igbo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 % 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 Yoruba and Igbo on Yoruba vs Igbo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Yoruba and Igbo Language Codes

Yoruba and Igbo language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Yoruba and Igbo Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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