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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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