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Igbo and Finnish


Finnish and Igbo


Countries

Countries
Nigeria  
European Union, Finland  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Nigeria  
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Estonia  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Equatorial Guinea  
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden  

Regulated By
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture  
Institute for the Languages of Finland  

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.
  
  • Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
  • In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
  

Similar To
Not Available  
Estonian and Livonian Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
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Finnish-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
36  
18
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
8  
5

How Many Consonants
28  
18
13  
3

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks  
12
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
kedụ  
Moi  

Thank You
dalụ  
Kiitos  

How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere  
Mitä kuuluu?  

Good Night
ka chi fo  
hyvää yötä  

Good Evening
mgbede ọma  
Hyvää iltaa  

Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma  
Hyvää iltapäivää  

Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma  
Hyvää huomenta  

Please
Biko  
haluta  

Sorry
Ndo  
Anteeksi  

Bye
Not Available  
Heippa  

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

Excuse Me
ngọpụ  
Anteeksi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Enuani  
Colloquial Finnish  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Finland  

Dialect 2
Ngwa  
Rauma  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Finland, Rauma  

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

Dialect 3
Not present  
Meänkieli  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Finland, Sweden  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
60,000.00  
31

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
21  
19

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
5.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
0.01 million  
39

Native Name
igbo  
suomi / suomen kieli  

Alternative Names
Ibo  
Suomi  

French Name
igbo  
finnois  

German Name
Ibo-Sprache  
Finnisch  

Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]  
[ˈsuomi]  

Ethnicity
Igbo people  
ethnic Finns  

History

Origin
30th Century BC  
1543  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Uralic Family  

Subgroup
Kwa  
Finno-Ugric  

Branch
Not Available  
Finnic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Finnic language  

Standard Forms
Standard Igbo  
standard Finnish  

Language Position
57  
99+
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Finnish  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ig  
fi  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ibo  
fin  

ISO 639 2/B
ibo  
fin  

ISO 639 3
ibo  
fin  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nucl1417  
finn1318  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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

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Igbo and Finnish Speaking population

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

Igbo and Finnish Language Codes

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

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