German and Igbo
Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
Nigeria
National Language
Germany
Nigeria
Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
Equatorial Guinea
Regulated By
Council for German Orthography
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
Interesting Facts
- One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German 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
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
Not Available
Derived From
Albanian Languages
Not Available
Alphabets in
German-Alphabets.jpg#200
Igbo-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?
kedụ ka ịmere
Good Night
gute Nacht
ka chi fo
Good Evening
guten Abend
mgbede ọma
Good Afternoon
guten Tag
ehihie ọma
Good Morning
guten Morgen
ụtụtụ ọma
I Love You
Ich liebe dich
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
Excuse Me
Entschuldigung
ngọpụ
Dialect 1
Swiss German
Enuani
Where They Speak
Switzerland
Nigeria
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Swabian German
Ngwa
Where They Speak
Germany
Nigeria
Dialect 3
Texas German
Not present
Where They Speak
Texas
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco
Ibo
French Name
allemand
igbo
German Name
Deutsch
Ibo-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
[iɡ͡boː]
Ethnicity
Germans
Igbo people
Origin
6th Century AD
30th Century BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Branch
Western
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
Standard Igbo
Signed Forms
Signed German
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
deus
Not Available
Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397
nucl1417
Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Agglutinative
All German 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 German and Igbo dialects. Various dialects of German and Igbo language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of German are spoken in different German Speaking Countries whereas Igbo Dialects are spoken in different Igbo speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking German vs Igbo Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the German dialects include: Swiss German, Swabian German. Igbo dialects include: Enuani , Ngwa. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
German and Igbo Speaking population
German and Igbo speaking population is one of the factors based on which German and Igbo languages can be compared. The total count of German and Igbo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 % 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 German and Igbo on German vs Igbo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
German and Igbo Language Codes
German and Igbo language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. German and Igbo Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.