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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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