Countries
Nigeria
  
South Africa
  
National Language
Nigeria
  
South Africa
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Namibia, South Africa
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Equatorial Guinea
  
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
Regulated By
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
  
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
  
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.
  
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Dutch Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Dutch Language
  
Alphabets in
Igbo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
kedụ
  
hallo
  
Thank You
dalụ
  
Dankie
  
How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere
  
Hoe gaan dit
  
Good Night
ka chi fo
  
goeie nag
  
Good Evening
mgbede ọma
  
Goeienaand
  
Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma
  
Goeie middag
  
Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma
  
goeie more
  
Please
Biko
  
asseblief
  
Sorry
Ndo
  
jammer
  
Bye
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
  
Ek het jou lief
  
Excuse Me
ngọpụ
  
Verskoon my
  
Dialect 1
Enuani
  
Kaapse Afrikaans
  
Where They Speak
Nigeria
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Ngwa
  
Oranjeriverafrikaans
  
Where They Speak
Nigeria
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00
  
22
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Baster Afrikaans
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Namibia
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
19.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
7.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
10.30 million
  
22
Native Name
igbo
  
Afrikaans
  
Alternative Names
Ibo
  
Cape Dutch
  
French Name
igbo
  
afrikaans
  
German Name
Ibo-Sprache
  
Afrikaans
  
Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]
  
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
  
Ethnicity
Igbo people
  
Afrikaners
  
Origin
30th Century BC
  
17th Century
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Kwa
  
Germanic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
  
Standard Forms
Standard Igbo
  
Standard Afrikaans
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ig
  
af
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ibo
  
afr
  
ISO 639 2/B
ibo
  
afr
  
ISO 639 3
ibo
  
afr
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
afrs
  
Glottocode
nucl1417
  
afri1274
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
52-ACB-ba
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Analytic
  
Igbo and Afrikaans Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Igbo and Afrikaans greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Igbo and Afrikaans language. Igbo word for "Hello" is kedụ or Afrikaans word for "Thank You" is Dankie. Find more of such common Igbo Greetings and Afrikaans Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Igbo vs Afrikaans Difficulty
The Igbo vs Afrikaans difficulty level basically depends on the number of Igbo Alphabets and Afrikaans Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Igbo and Afrikaans are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Igbo and Afrikaans, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Igbo is 52 weeks while to learn Afrikaans time required is 24 weeks.