Countries
Israel
  
Nigeria
  
National Language
Israel
  
Nigeria
  
Second Language
Israel
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Poland
  
Equatorial Guinea
  
Regulated By
Academy of the Hebrew Language
  
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
  
Interesting Facts
- The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
- The men and women use different verbs in hebrew 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
Arabic and Aramaic languages
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Aramaic Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Hebrew-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Igbo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Vowels
0
  
Scripts
Hebrew
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
שלום (Shalom)
  
kedụ
  
Thank You
תודה (Toda)
  
dalụ
  
How Are You?
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
  
kedụ ka ịmere
  
Good Night
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
  
ka chi fo
  
Good Evening
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
  
mgbede ọma
  
Good Afternoon
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
  
ehihie ọma
  
Good Morning
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
  
ụtụtụ ọma
  
Please
בבקשה (bevekshah)
  
Biko
  
Sorry
סליחה! (Slicha)
  
Ndo
  
Bye
להתראות (Lehitraot)
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
  
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
  
Excuse Me
בבקשה!
  
ngọpụ
  
Dialect 1
Ashkenazi Hebrew
  
Enuani
  
Where They Speak
Israel
  
Nigeria
  
Dialect 2
Samaritan Hebrew
  
Ngwa
  
Where They Speak
Israel, Palestine
  
Nigeria
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,500,000.00
  
22
Dialect 3
Yemenite Hebrew
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Israel
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
9.00 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
40
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
4.40 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
32
Second Language Speakers
5.60 million
  
27
Not Available
  
Native Name
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
  
igbo
  
Alternative Names
Israeli, Ivrit
  
Ibo
  
French Name
hébreu
  
igbo
  
German Name
Hebräisch
  
Ibo-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
  
[iɡ͡boː]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Igbo people
  
Origin
1000 BC
  
30th Century BC
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Semitic
  
Kwa
  
Branch
Canaanitic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Hebrew
  
Standard Igbo
  
Signed Forms
Signed Hebrew
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
he
  
ig
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
heb
  
ibo
  
ISO 639 2/B
heb
  
ibo
  
ISO 639 3
heb
  
ibo
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
hebr1246
  
nucl1417
  
Linguasphere
12-AAB-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Agglutinative
  
Hebrew and Igbo Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Hebrew and Igbo greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Hebrew and Igbo language. Hebrew word for "Hello" is שלום (Shalom) or Igbo word for "Thank You" is dalụ. Find more of such common Hebrew Greetings and Igbo Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Hebrew vs Igbo Difficulty
The Hebrew vs Igbo difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hebrew Alphabets and Igbo Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Hebrew and Igbo are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hebrew and Igbo, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hebrew is 44 weeks while to learn Igbo time required is 52 weeks.