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Japanese and Igbo


Countries

Countries
Nigeria  
Japan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Nigeria  
Japan  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia, Pacific  

Minority Language
Equatorial Guinea  
Palau  

Regulated By
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture  
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education  

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.
  
  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  

Similar To
Not Available  
Korean Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36  
18
99  
40

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
5  
2

How Many Consonants
28  
18
14  
4

Scripts
Latin  
Kana  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks  
12
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
kedụ  
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)  

Thank You
dalụ  
ありがとう (Arigatō)  

How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere  
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)  

Good Night
ka chi fo  
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)  

Good Evening
mgbede ọma  
こんばんは (Konbanwa)  

Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma  
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)  

Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma  
おはよう (Ohayō)  

Please
Biko  
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)  

Sorry
Ndo  
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)  

Bye
Not Available  
さようなら (Sayōnara)  

I Love You
a hụrụ m gị n'anya  
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)  

Excuse Me
ngọpụ  
すみません (Sumimasen)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Enuani  
Sanuki  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Kagawa  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
1,000,000.00  
28

Dialect 2
Ngwa  
Hakata  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Fukuoka  

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

Dialect 3
Not present  
Kansai  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
kansai  

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
31  
25

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million  
40
128.00 million  
14

Speaking Population
Not Available  
1.90 %  
10

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
128.00 million  
9

Native Name
igbo  
日本語  

Alternative Names
Ibo  
Not Available  

French Name
igbo  
japonais  

German Name
Ibo-Sprache  
Japanisch  

Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]  
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]  

Ethnicity
Igbo people  
Japanese (Yamato)  

History

Origin
30th Century BC  
1185  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Japonic Family  

Subgroup
Kwa  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese  

Standard Forms
Standard Igbo  
Japanese  

Language Position
57  
99+
8  
8

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Japanese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ig  
ja  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ibo  
jpn  

ISO 639 2/B
ibo  
jpn  

ISO 639 3
ibo  
jpn  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nucl1417  
nucl1643  

Linguasphere
No data available  
45-CAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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

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Igbo and Japanese Speaking population

Igbo and Japanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Igbo and Japanese languages can be compared. The total count of Igbo and Japanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Igbo language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 %. 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 Japanese on Igbo vs Japanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Igbo and Japanese Language Codes

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

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