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Igbo vs Bulgarian


Bulgarian vs Igbo


Countries

Countries
Nigeria  
Bulgaria, European Union  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Nigeria  
Bulgaria  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Africa, Europe  

Minority Language
Equatorial Guinea  
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture  
Institute for the Bulgarian language  

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.
  
  • The only Slavic language which has lost all its grammatical cases is Bulgarian.
  • The first Slavic language to be written was Bulgarian in 9th century.
  

Similar To
Not Available  
Macedonian language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36  
18
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
6  
3

How Many Consonants
28  
18
36  
26

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks  
12
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
kedụ  
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)  

Thank You
dalụ  
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)  

How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere  
Как си? (Kak si?)  

Good Night
ka chi fo  
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)  

Good Evening
mgbede ọma  
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)  

Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma  
Добър ден (Dobãr den)  

Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)  

Please
Biko  
Моля (Molja)  

Sorry
Ndo  
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)  

Bye
Not Available  
Довиждане (Doviždane)  

I Love You
a hụrụ m gị n'anya  
Обичам те (Običam te)  

Excuse Me
ngọpụ  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Enuani  
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Bulgaria  

Dialect 2
Ngwa  
Panagyurishte  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Bulgaria  

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

Dialect 3
Not present  
Pirdop  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Bulgaria  

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
58  
32

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
7.80 million  
99+

Native Name
igbo  
български (bãlgarski)  

Alternative Names
Ibo  
Balgarski  

French Name
igbo  
bulgare  

German Name
Ibo-Sprache  
Bulgarisch  

Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Igbo people  
Not Available  

History

Origin
30th Century BC  
9th Century  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Kwa  
Slavic  

Branch
Not Available  
Southern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian  

Standard Forms
Standard Igbo  
Standard Bulgarian  

Language Position
57  
99+
88  
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Bulgarian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ig  
bg  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ibo  
bul  

ISO 639 2/B
ibo  
bul  

ISO 639 3
ibo  
bul  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
buls  

Glottocode
nucl1417  
bulg1262  

Linguasphere
No data available  
53-AAA-hb  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Not Available  

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Igbo and Bulgarian Language History

Comparison of Igbo vs Bulgarian language history gives us differences between origin of Igbo and Bulgarian language. History of Igbo language states that this language originated in 30th Century BC whereas history of Bulgarian language states that this language originated in 9th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Igbo and Bulgarian Language History.

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Igbo and Bulgarian 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 Bulgarian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Igbo and Bulgarian language. Igbo word for "Hello" is kedụ or Bulgarian word for "Thank You" is Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti). Find more of such common Igbo Greetings and Bulgarian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Igbo vs Bulgarian Difficulty

The Igbo vs Bulgarian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Igbo Alphabets and Bulgarian 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 Bulgarian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Igbo and Bulgarian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Igbo is 52 weeks while to learn Bulgarian time required is 44 weeks.

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