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Spanish and Igbo


Countries

Countries
Nigeria   
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
46   
1

National Language
Nigeria   
Spain   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America   

Minority Language
Equatorial Guinea   
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom   

Regulated By
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture   
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española   

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.
  
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
French Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36   
18
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
5   
2

How Many Consonants
28   
18
22   
12

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks   
12
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
kedụ   
hola   

Thank You
dalụ   
Gracias   

How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere   
Cómo estás?   

Good Night
ka chi fo   
Buenas Noches   

Good Evening
mgbede ọma   
Bonne soirée   

Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma   
Buenas Tardes   

Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma   
Buenos Días   

Please
Biko   
Por Favor   

Sorry
Ndo   
triste   

Bye
Not Available   
adiós   

I Love You
a hụrụ m gị n'anya   
Te Quiero   

Excuse Me
ngọpụ   
Discúlpeme   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Enuani   
Mexican Spanish   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
Mexico   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
105,000,000.00   
5

Dialect 2
Ngwa   
Cuban Spanish   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
Cuba   

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00   
22
11,000,000.00   
8

Dialect 3
Not present   
Puerto Rican Spanish   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Puerto Rico   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
3,900,000.00   
9

Total No. Of Dialects
20   
18
21   
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million   
40
489.00 million   
3

Speaking Population
Not Available   
6.15 %   
3

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
410.00 million   
2

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
89.50 million   
9

Native Name
igbo   
Español   

Alternative Names
Ibo   
Castellano, Castilian, Español   

French Name
igbo   
espagnol; castillan   

German Name
Ibo-Sprache   
Spanisch   

Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]   
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]   

Ethnicity
Igbo people   
Not Available   

History

Origin
30th Century BC   
210 BC   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Kwa   
Romance   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Spanish and Spanish   

Standard Forms
Standard Igbo   
Pluricentric Standard Spanish   

Language Position
57   
99+
2   
2

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Spanish   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ig   
es   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ibo   
spa   

ISO 639 2/B
ibo   
spa   

ISO 639 3
ibo   
spa   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1417   
stan1288   

Linguasphere
No data available   
51-AAA-b   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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

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Igbo and Spanish Speaking population

Igbo and Spanish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Igbo and Spanish languages can be compared. The total count of Igbo and Spanish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Igbo language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Spanish language is 6.15 %. 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 Spanish on Igbo vs Spanish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Igbo and Spanish Language Codes

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

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