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Estonian and Igbo


Igbo and Estonian


Countries

Countries
Estonia, European Union  
Nigeria  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Estonia, Gambia  
Nigeria  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa  

Minority Language
Denmark, Russia, Sweden  
Equatorial Guinea  

Regulated By
Institute of the Estonian Language  
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture  

Interesting Facts
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  
  • 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
Finnish  
Not Available  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
36  
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
8  
5

How Many Consonants
18  
8
28  
18

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
52 weeks  
12

Greetings

Hello
Tere  
kedụ  

Thank You
aitäh  
dalụ  

How Are You?
kuidas sul läheb  
kedụ ka ịmere  

Good Night
Head ööd  
ka chi fo  

Good Evening
Tere õhtust  
mgbede ọma  

Good Afternoon
Tere päevast  
ehihie ọma  

Good Morning
Tere hommikust  
ụtụtụ ọma  

Please
Palun  
Biko  

Sorry
Vabandust  
Ndo  

Bye
Head aega  
Not Available  

I Love You
ma armastan sind  
a hụrụ m gị n'anya  

Excuse Me
Vabandage  
ngọpụ  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Keskmurre  
Enuani  

Where They Speak
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia  
Nigeria  

Dialect 2
Tartu  
Ngwa  

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Estonia  
Nigeria  

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

Dialect 3
Idamurre  
Not present  

Where They Speak
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.  
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
20  
18

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
0.95 million  
99+
25.00 million  
32

Native Name
eesti keel  
igbo  

Alternative Names
Eesti keel  
Ibo  

French Name
estonien  
igbo  

German Name
Estnisch  
Ibo-Sprache  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[iɡ͡boː]  

Ethnicity
Estonians  
Igbo people  

History

Origin
13th century  
30th Century BC  

Language Family
Uralic Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric  
Kwa  

Branch
Finnic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Estonian  
Standard Igbo  

Language Position
Not Available  
57  
99+

Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
et  
ig  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
est  
ibo  

ISO 639 2/B
est  
ibo  

ISO 639 3
est  
ibo  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
esto1258  
nucl1417  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Agglutinative  

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

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Estonian and Igbo Speaking population

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

Estonian and Igbo Language Codes

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

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