Finnish and Igbo
Countries
European Union, Finland
Nigeria
National Language
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden
Nigeria
Second Language
Estonia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden
Equatorial Guinea
Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
Interesting Facts
- Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
- In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
- 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
Estonian and Livonian Languages
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Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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How Are You?
Mitä kuuluu?
kedụ ka ịmere
Good Night
hyvää yötä
ka chi fo
Good Evening
Hyvää iltaa
mgbede ọma
Good Afternoon
Hyvää iltapäivää
ehihie ọma
Good Morning
Hyvää huomenta
ụtụtụ ọma
I Love You
Minä rakastan sinua
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
Dialect 1
Colloquial Finnish
Enuani
Where They Speak
Finland
Nigeria
Where They Speak
Finland, Rauma
Nigeria
How Many People Speak
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Dialect 3
Meänkieli
Not present
Where They Speak
Finland, Sweden
Not Available
How Many People Speak
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Speaking Population
Not Available
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Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
suomi / suomen kieli
igbo
Alternative Names
Suomi
Ibo
German Name
Finnisch
Ibo-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈsuomi]
[iɡ͡boː]
Ethnicity
ethnic Finns
Igbo people
Origin
1543
30th Century BC
Language Family
Uralic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Branch
Finnic
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Early Forms
Proto-Finnic language
No early forms
Standard Forms
standard Finnish
Standard Igbo
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Finnish
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
finn1318
nucl1417
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Agglutinative
All Finnish 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 Finnish and Igbo dialects. Various dialects of Finnish and Igbo language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Finnish are spoken in different Finnish Speaking Countries whereas Igbo Dialects are spoken in different Igbo speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Finnish vs Igbo Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Finnish dialects include: Colloquial Finnish, Rauma. Igbo dialects include: Enuani , Ngwa. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Finnish and Igbo Speaking population
Finnish and Igbo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Finnish and Igbo languages can be compared. The total count of Finnish and Igbo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Finnish 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 Finnish and Igbo on Finnish vs Igbo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Finnish and Igbo Language Codes
Finnish and Igbo language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Finnish and Igbo Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.