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Igbo and Danish


Danish and Igbo


Countries

Countries
Nigeria  
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
5  
10

National Language
Nigeria  
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Europe, North America, South America  

Minority Language
Equatorial Guinea  
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America  

Regulated By
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture  
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)  

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are mutually intelligible, that means if u learn Danish is almost like learning three languages in one.
  • There are 9 vowels in Danish language, which can be pronounced in 16 different ways.
  

Similar To
Not Available  
Norwegian and Swedish  

Derived From
Not Available  
Old Norse Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36  
18
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
20  
17

How Many Consonants
28  
18
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks  
12
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
kedụ  
Hallo  

Thank You
dalụ  
Mange tak  

How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere  
Hvordan har du det?  

Good Night
ka chi fo  
God nat  

Good Evening
mgbede ọma  
God aften  

Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma  
God eftermiddag  

Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma  
God morgen  

Please
Biko  
Please  

Sorry
Ndo  
Undskyld!  

Bye
Not Available  
Farvel  

I Love You
a hụrụ m gị n'anya  
Jeg elsker dig  

Excuse Me
ngọpụ  
Undskyld mig  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Enuani  
Scanian  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Sweden  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
80,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Ngwa  
Jutlandic  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Denmark  

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

Dialect 3
Not present  
Bornholmsk  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Island of Bornholm  

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
5.50 million  
99+

Native Name
igbo  
dansk  

Alternative Names
Ibo  
Dansk, Rigsdansk  

French Name
igbo  
danois  

German Name
Ibo-Sprache  
Dänisch  

Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]  
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]  

Ethnicity
Igbo people  
Danish people or Danes  

History

Origin
30th Century BC  
c. 1100 AD  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Kwa  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish  

Standard Forms
Standard Igbo  
Rigsdansk  

Language Position
57  
99+
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Danish  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ig  
da  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ibo  
dan  

ISO 639 2/B
ibo  
dan  

ISO 639 3
ibo  
dan  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nucl1417  
dani1284  

Linguasphere
No data available  
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Fusional  

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All Igbo and Danish 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 Igbo and Danish dialects. Various dialects of Igbo and Danish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Igbo are spoken in different Igbo Speaking Countries whereas Danish Dialects are spoken in different Danish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Igbo vs Danish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Igbo dialects include: Enuani, Ngwa. Danish dialects include: Scanian , Jutlandic. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Igbo and Danish Speaking population

Igbo and Danish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Igbo and Danish languages can be compared. The total count of Igbo and Danish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Igbo language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Danish 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 Igbo and Danish on Igbo vs Danish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Igbo and Danish Language Codes

Igbo and Danish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Igbo and Danish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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