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Igbo vs 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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Danish and Igbo Language History

Comparison of Danish vs Igbo language history gives us differences between origin of Danish and Igbo language. History of Danish language states that this language originated in c. 1100 AD 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 Danish and Igbo Language History.

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

Danish vs Igbo Difficulty

The Danish vs Igbo difficulty level basically depends on the number of Danish 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 Danish and Igbo are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Danish and Igbo, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Danish is 24 weeks while to learn Igbo time required is 52 weeks.

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