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Armenian vs Igbo


Igbo vs Armenian


Countries

Countries
Armenian Highland  
Nigeria  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic  
Nigeria  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Africa  

Minority Language
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine  
Equatorial Guinea  

Regulated By
Armenian National Academy of Sciences  
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture  

Interesting Facts
  • The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
  • Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  
  • 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
Greek  
Not Available  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
38  
20
36  
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
8  
5

How Many Consonants
32  
22
28  
18

Scripts
Armenian manuscript  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
12  
9
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
52 weeks  
12

Greetings

Hello
Բարեւ (Barev)  
kedụ  

Thank You
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)  
dalụ  

How Are You?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)  
kedụ ka ịmere  

Good Night
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)  
ka chi fo  

Good Evening
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)  
mgbede ọma  

Good Afternoon
Բարի օր (Bari or)  
ehihie ọma  

Good Morning
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)  
ụtụtụ ọma  

Please
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)  
Biko  

Sorry
կներեք (knerek’)  
Ndo  

Bye
Ց'տեսություն  
Not Available  

I Love You
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)  
a hụrụ m gị n'anya  

Excuse Me
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)  
ngọpụ  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Armenian  
Enuani  

Where They Speak
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey  
Nigeria  

Dialect 2
Western Armenian  
Ngwa  

Where They Speak
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
1,500,000.00  
22

Dialect 3
Not Applicable  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Not Applicable  
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
2  
2
20  
18

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
6.00 million  
99+
25.00 million  
32

Native Name
Հայերէն (Hayeren)  
igbo  

Alternative Names
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri  
Ibo  

French Name
arménien  
igbo  

German Name
Armenisch  
Ibo-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]  
[iɡ͡boː]  

Ethnicity
Armenians  
Igbo people  

History

Origin
late 5th century  
30th Century BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Kwa  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian  
Standard Igbo  

Language Position
Not Available  
57  
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
hy  
ig  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hye  
ibo  

ISO 639 2/B
arm  
ibo  

ISO 639 3
hye  
ibo  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
arme1241  
nucl1417  

Linguasphere
57-AAA-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Agglutinative  

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Armenian and Igbo Language History

Comparison of Armenian vs Igbo language history gives us differences between origin of Armenian and Igbo language. History of Armenian language states that this language originated in late 5th century 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 Armenian and Igbo Language History.

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

Armenian vs Igbo Difficulty

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

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