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Finnish and Igbo


Igbo and Finnish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland   
Nigeria   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

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   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
36   
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
8   
5

How Many Consonants
13   
3
28   
18

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
52 weeks   
12

Greetings

Hello
Moi   
kedụ   

Thank You
Kiitos   
dalụ   

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   

Please
haluta   
Biko   

Sorry
Anteeksi   
Ndo   

Bye
Heippa   
Not Available   

I Love You
Minä rakastan sinua   
a hụrụ m gị n'anya   

Excuse Me
Anteeksi   
ngọpụ   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Colloquial Finnish   
Enuani   

Where They Speak
Finland   
Nigeria   

Dialect 2
Rauma   
Ngwa   

Where They Speak
Finland, Rauma   
Nigeria   

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

Dialect 3
Meänkieli   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Finland, Sweden   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
60,000.00   
31
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
21   
19
20   
18

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
5.40 million   
99+
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
0.01 million   
39
Not Available   

Native Name
suomi / suomen kieli   
igbo   

Alternative Names
Suomi   
Ibo   

French Name
finnois   
igbo   

German Name
Finnisch   
Ibo-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[ˈsuomi]   
[iɡ͡boː]   

Ethnicity
ethnic Finns   
Igbo people   

History

Origin
1543   
30th Century BC   

Language Family
Uralic Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric   
Kwa   

Branch
Finnic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Finnic language   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
standard Finnish   
Standard Igbo   

Language Position
Not Available   
57   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Finnish   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
fi   
ig   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fin   
ibo   

ISO 639 2/B
fin   
ibo   

ISO 639 3
fin   
ibo   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
finn1318   
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, Synthetic   
Agglutinative   

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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.

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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.

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