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Igbo and Dutch


Countries

Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   
Nigeria   

Total No. Of Countries
6   
9
1   
14

National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   
Nigeria   

Second Language
South Africa   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America   
Africa   

Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia   
Equatorial Guinea   

Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)   
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture   

Interesting Facts
  • Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
  • There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
  
  • 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
German and English Languages   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
36   
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
8   
5

How Many Consonants
21   
11
28   
18

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
52 weeks   
12

Greetings

Hello
Hallo   
kedụ   

Thank You
dankjewel   
dalụ   

How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?   
kedụ ka ịmere   

Good Night
goede Nacht   
ka chi fo   

Good Evening
goedenavond   
mgbede ọma   

Good Afternoon
goedemiddag   
ehihie ọma   

Good Morning
goedemorgen   
ụtụtụ ọma   

Please
alsjeblieft   
Biko   

Sorry
sorry   
Ndo   

Bye
vaarwel   
Not Available   

I Love You
Ik hou van jou   
a hụrụ m gị n'anya   

Excuse Me
pardon   
ngọpụ   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gronings   
Enuani   

Where They Speak
Netherlands   
Nigeria   

How Many People Speak
590,000.00   
32
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Low Saxon   
Ngwa   

Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands   
Nigeria   

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00   
16
1,500,000.00   
22

Dialect 3
Limburgian   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00   
18
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
7   
7
20   
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million   
38
25.00 million   
40

Speaking Population
0.32 %   
38
Not Available   

Native Speakers
22.00 million   
35
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million   
25
Not Available   

Native Name
Nederlands   
igbo   

Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands   
Ibo   

French Name
néerlandais; flamand   
igbo   

German Name
Niederländisch   
Ibo-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]   
[iɡ͡boː]   

Ethnicity
Dutch people   
Igbo people   

History

Origin
AD 450-500   
30th Century BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Kwa   

Branch
Western   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Dutch   
Standard Igbo   

Language Position
48   
35
57   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
nl   
ig   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nld   
ibo   

ISO 639 2/B
dut   
ibo   

ISO 639 3
nld   
ibo   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mode1257   
nucl1417   

Linguasphere
52-ACB-a   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Agglutinative   

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

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Dutch and Igbo Speaking population

Dutch and Igbo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dutch and Igbo languages can be compared. The total count of Dutch and Igbo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 % 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 Dutch and Igbo on Dutch vs Igbo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Dutch and Igbo Language Codes

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

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