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Albanian and Igbo


Igbo and Albanian


Countries

Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe   
Nigeria   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe   
Nigeria   

Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa   

Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania   
Equatorial Guinea   

Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana   
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture   

Interesting Facts
  • Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
  • 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
    •   
  • 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
Romanian   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36   
18
36   
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
8   
5

How Many Consonants
29   
19
28   
18

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
52 weeks   
12

Greetings

Hello
Përshëndetje   
kedụ   

Thank You
Ju faleminderit   
dalụ   

How Are You?
Si jeni?   
kedụ ka ịmere   

Good Night
natën e mirë   
ka chi fo   

Good Evening
mirëmbrëma   
mgbede ọma   

Good Afternoon
mirëdita   
ehihie ọma   

Good Morning
mirëmengjes   
ụtụtụ ọma   

Please
Ju lutem   
Biko   

Sorry
Me fal   
Ndo   

Bye
mirupafshim   
Not Available   

I Love You
unë e dua ju   
a hụrụ m gị n'anya   

Excuse Me
Më falni   
ngọpụ   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian   
Enuani   

Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia   
Nigeria   

How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00   
20
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian   
Ngwa   

Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey   
Nigeria   

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00   
20
1,500,000.00   
22

Dialect 3
Arbëresh   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Italy   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
100,000.00   
28
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
20   
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.50 million   
99+
25.00 million   
40

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
3.10 million   
99+
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
3.60 million   
31
Not Available   

Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe   
igbo   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Ibo   

French Name
albanais   
igbo   

German Name
Albanisch   
Ibo-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[ʃcip]   
[iɡ͡boː]   

Ethnicity
Albanians   
Igbo people   

History

Origin
1462 AD   
30th Century BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Kwa   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Albanian   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Albanian   
Standard Igbo   

Language Position
Not Available   
57   
99+

Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sq   
ig   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sqi   
ibo   

ISO 639 2/B
alb   
ibo   

ISO 639 3
sqi   
ibo   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
alba1267   
nucl1417   

Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Agglutinative   

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

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Albanian and Igbo Speaking population

Albanian and Igbo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Albanian and Igbo languages can be compared. The total count of Albanian and Igbo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Albanian language is Not Available 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 Albanian and Igbo on Albanian vs Igbo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Albanian and Igbo Language Codes

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

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