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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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