Countries
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
  
Nigeria
  
National Language
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
  
Nigeria
  
Second Language
Spain
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
  
Equatorial Guinea
  
Regulated By
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee
  
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
  
Interesting Facts
- Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
- Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.
  
- 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
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Catalan-Alpahabets.jpg#200
  
Igbo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hola
  
kedụ
  
Thank You
Gràcies
  
dalụ
  
How Are You?
Com estàs?
  
kedụ ka ịmere
  
Good Night
Bona nit
  
ka chi fo
  
Good Evening
Bona nit
  
mgbede ọma
  
Good Afternoon
Bona tarda
  
ehihie ọma
  
Good Morning
Bon dia
  
ụtụtụ ọma
  
Please
Sisplau
  
Biko
  
Sorry
Perdó!
  
Ndo
  
Bye
Adéu
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
T'estimo
  
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
  
Excuse Me
Dispensi!
  
ngọpụ
  
Dialect 1
Caló
  
Enuani
  
Where They Speak
France, Portugal, Spain
  
Nigeria
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Valencian
  
Ngwa
  
Where They Speak
Spain
  
Nigeria
  
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00
  
19
1,500,000.00
  
22
Dialect 3
Ribagorçan
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Spain
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
9.20 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
40
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
4.10 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
32
Second Language Speakers
5.10 million
  
28
Not Available
  
Native Name
català
  
igbo
  
Alternative Names
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
  
Ibo
  
French Name
catalan; valencien
  
igbo
  
German Name
Katalanisch
  
Ibo-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
  
[iɡ͡boː]
  
Ethnicity
Catalan people
  
Igbo people
  
Origin
c. 1028
  
30th Century BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Kwa
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Catalan
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
  
Standard Igbo
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Catalan
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ca
  
ig
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
cat
  
ibo
  
ISO 639 2/B
cat
  
ibo
  
ISO 639 3
cat
  
ibo
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1289
  
nucl1417
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-e
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative
  
Catalan 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 Catalan and Igbo greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Catalan and Igbo language. Catalan word for "Hello" is Hola or Igbo word for "Thank You" is dalụ. Find more of such common Catalan Greetings and Igbo Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Catalan vs Igbo Difficulty
The Catalan vs Igbo difficulty level basically depends on the number of Catalan 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 Catalan and Igbo are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Catalan and Igbo, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Catalan is 24 weeks while to learn Igbo time required is 52 weeks.