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Igbo and Norwegian


Norwegian and Igbo


Countries

Countries
Nigeria   
Norway   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Nigeria   
Norway   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Europe, South America   

Minority Language
Equatorial Guinea   
Nynorsk   

Regulated By
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture   
Norwegian Language Council   

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.
  
  • Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
  • Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Swedish and Danish Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36   
18
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
9   
6

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
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks   
12
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
kedụ   
hallo   

Thank You
dalụ   
takk   

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

Good Night
ka chi fo   
god natt   

Good Evening
mgbede ọma   
god kveld   

Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma   
god ettermiddag   

Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma   
god morgen   

Please
Biko   
Vær så snill   

Sorry
Ndo   
unnskyld   

Bye
Not Available   
ha det   

I Love You
a hụrụ m gị n'anya   
Jeg Elsker Deg   

Excuse Me
ngọpụ   
unnskyld meg   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Enuani   
Jamtlandic   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
Jamtland,Harjedalen   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
30,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Ngwa   
Sognamål   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
Sogn   

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

Dialect 3
Not present   
Hallingmål-Valdris   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Hallingdal, Valdres   

Total No. Of Dialects
20   
18
19   
17

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
5.00 million   
99+

Native Name
igbo   
Norsk   

Alternative Names
Ibo   
Norsk   

French Name
igbo   
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien   

German Name
Ibo-Sprache   
Nynorsk   

Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]   
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)   

Ethnicity
Igbo people   
Norwegians   

History

Origin
30th Century BC   
c. 1300 AD   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Kwa   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Northern (Scandinavian)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian   

Standard Forms
Standard Igbo   
Nynorsk, Bokmål   

Language Position
57   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Norwegian   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
ig   
no   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ibo   
nor   

ISO 639 2/B
ibo   
nor   

ISO 639 3
ibo   
nor   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1417   
norw1258   

Linguasphere
No data available   
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg   

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

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Igbo and Norwegian Speaking population

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

Igbo and Norwegian Language Codes

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

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