Countries
Nigeria
  
Norway
  
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
  
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Alphabets in
Igbo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Norwegian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
Dialect 1
Enuani
  
Jamtlandic
  
Where They Speak
Nigeria
  
Jamtland,Harjedalen
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Norwegian
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
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
  
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.
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.