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Korean and Igbo


Countries

Countries
Nigeria   
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
5   
10

National Language
Nigeria   
North Korea, South Korea   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia   

Minority Language
Equatorial Guinea   
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America   

Regulated By
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture   
The National Institute of the Korean Language   

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.
  
  • Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
  • Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Chinese and Japanese languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36   
18
40   
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
21   
18

How Many Consonants
28   
18
19   
9

Scripts
Latin   
Hangul   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks   
12
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
kedụ   
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)   

Thank You
dalụ   
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)   

How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere   
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)   

Good Night
ka chi fo   
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)   

Good Evening
mgbede ọma   
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)   

Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma   
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)   

Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma   
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)   

Please
Biko   
하십시오 (hasibsio)   

Sorry
Ndo   
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)   

Bye
Not Available   
안녕 (annyeong)   

I Love You
a hụrụ m gị n'anya   
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)   

Excuse Me
ngọpụ   
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Enuani   
Jeju   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
South Korea   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
10,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Ngwa   
Gyeongsang   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
South Korea   

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00   
22
10,000,000.00   
9

Dialect 3
Not present   
Hamgyŏng   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
China, North Korea   

Total No. Of Dialects
20   
18
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million   
40
77.00 million   
22

Speaking Population
Not Available   
1.14 %   
16

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
77.00 million   
12

Native Name
igbo   
한국어 (조선말)   

Alternative Names
Ibo   
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh   

French Name
igbo   
coréen   

German Name
Ibo-Sprache   
Koreanisch   

Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Igbo people   
Koreans   

History

Origin
30th Century BC   
Before 1st century   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Koreanic Family   

Subgroup
Kwa   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean   

Standard Forms
Standard Igbo   
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard   

Language Position
57   
99+
12   
11

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Korean Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ig   
ko   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ibo   
kor   

ISO 639 2/B
ibo   
kor   

ISO 639 3
ibo   
Kor   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1417   
kore1280   

Linguasphere
No data available   
45-AAA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Agglutinative   

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

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Igbo and Korean Speaking population

Igbo and Korean speaking population is one of the factors based on which Igbo and Korean languages can be compared. The total count of Igbo and Korean Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Igbo language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Korean language is 1.14 %. 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 Korean on Igbo vs Korean where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Igbo and Korean Language Codes

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

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