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Danish and Igbo


Igbo and Danish


Countries

Countries
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council   
Nigeria   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
1   
14

National Language
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland   
Nigeria   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe, North America, South America   
Africa   

Minority Language
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America   
Equatorial Guinea   

Regulated By
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)   
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture   

Interesting Facts
  • Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are mutually intelligible, that means if u learn Danish is almost like learning three languages in one.
  • There are 9 vowels in Danish language, which can be pronounced in 16 different ways.
  
  • 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
Norwegian and Swedish   
Not Available   

Derived From
Old Norse Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
36   
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20   
17
8   
5

How Many Consonants
20   
10
28   
18

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
52 weeks   
12

Greetings

Hello
Hallo   
kedụ   

Thank You
Mange tak   
dalụ   

How Are You?
Hvordan har du det?   
kedụ ka ịmere   

Good Night
God nat   
ka chi fo   

Good Evening
God aften   
mgbede ọma   

Good Afternoon
God eftermiddag   
ehihie ọma   

Good Morning
God morgen   
ụtụtụ ọma   

Please
Please   
Biko   

Sorry
Undskyld!   
Ndo   

Bye
Farvel   
Not Available   

I Love You
Jeg elsker dig   
a hụrụ m gị n'anya   

Excuse Me
Undskyld mig   
ngọpụ   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Scanian   
Enuani   

Where They Speak
Sweden   
Nigeria   

How Many People Speak
80,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Jutlandic   
Ngwa   

Where They Speak
Denmark   
Nigeria   

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

Dialect 3
Bornholmsk   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Island of Bornholm   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
20   
18

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
5.50 million   
99+
25.00 million   
32

Native Name
dansk   
igbo   

Alternative Names
Dansk, Rigsdansk   
Ibo   

French Name
danois   
igbo   

German Name
Dänisch   
Ibo-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]   
[iɡ͡boː]   

Ethnicity
Danish people or Danes   
Igbo people   

History

Origin
c. 1100 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 Danish, Early Modern Danish   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Rigsdansk   
Standard Igbo   

Language Position
Not Available   
57   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Danish   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
da   
ig   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dan   
ibo   

ISO 639 2/B
dan   
ibo   

ISO 639 3
dan   
ibo   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
dani1284   
nucl1417   

Linguasphere
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Agglutinative   

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

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Danish and Igbo Speaking population

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

Danish and Igbo Language Codes

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

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