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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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