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Igbo vs Danish


Danish vs Igbo


Countries

Countries
Nigeria  
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
5  
10

National Language
Nigeria  
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Europe, North America, South America  

Minority Language
Equatorial Guinea  
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America  

Regulated By
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture  
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language 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.
  
  • Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are mutually intelligible, that means if u learn Danish is almost like learning three languages in one.
  • There are 9 vowels in Danish language, which can be pronounced in 16 different ways.
  

Similar To
Not Available  
Norwegian and Swedish  

Derived From
Not Available  
Old Norse Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36  
18
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
20  
17

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
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks  
12
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
kedụ  
Hallo  

Thank You
dalụ  
Mange tak  

How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere  
Hvordan har du det?  

Good Night
ka chi fo  
God nat  

Good Evening
mgbede ọma  
God aften  

Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma  
God eftermiddag  

Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma  
God morgen  

Please
Biko  
Please  

Sorry
Ndo  
Undskyld!  

Bye
Not Available  
Farvel  

I Love You
a hụrụ m gị n'anya  
Jeg elsker dig  

Excuse Me
ngọpụ  
Undskyld mig  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Enuani  
Scanian  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Sweden  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
80,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Ngwa  
Jutlandic  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Denmark  

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

Dialect 3
Not present  
Bornholmsk  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Island of Bornholm  

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
5.50 million  
99+

Native Name
igbo  
dansk  

Alternative Names
Ibo  
Dansk, Rigsdansk  

French Name
igbo  
danois  

German Name
Ibo-Sprache  
Dänisch  

Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]  
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]  

Ethnicity
Igbo people  
Danish people or Danes  

History

Origin
30th Century BC  
c. 1100 AD  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Kwa  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish  

Standard Forms
Standard Igbo  
Rigsdansk  

Language Position
57  
99+
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Danish  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ig  
da  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ibo  
dan  

ISO 639 2/B
ibo  
dan  

ISO 639 3
ibo  
dan  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nucl1417  
dani1284  

Linguasphere
No data available  
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Fusional  

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Igbo and Danish Language History

Comparison of Igbo vs Danish language history gives us differences between origin of Igbo and Danish language. History of Igbo language states that this language originated in 30th Century BC whereas history of Danish language states that this language originated in c. 1100 AD. 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 Danish Language History.

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

Igbo vs Danish Difficulty

The Igbo vs Danish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Igbo Alphabets and Danish 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 Danish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Igbo and Danish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Igbo is 52 weeks while to learn Danish time required is 24 weeks.

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