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Igbo vs Indonesian


Indonesian vs Igbo


Countries

Countries
Nigeria   
Indonesia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Nigeria   
Indonesia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
East Timor, Indonesia   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia   

Minority Language
Equatorial Guinea   
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands   

Regulated By
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture   
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa   

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 modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
  • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Malay language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Malay and Dutch Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36   
18
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
6   
3

How Many Consonants
28   
18
19   
9

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
7   
6

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks   
12
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
kedụ   
Halo   

Thank You
dalụ   
Terima kasih   

How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere   
Apa kabar?   

Good Night
ka chi fo   
Selamat Malam   

Good Evening
mgbede ọma   
Malam yang baik   

Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma   
Selamat Sore   

Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma   
Selamat Pagi   

Please
Biko   
mohon Untuk   

Sorry
Ndo   
maaf   

Bye
Not Available   
Selamat tinggal   

I Love You
a hụrụ m gị n'anya   
Aku cinta kamu   

Excuse Me
ngọpụ   
Permisi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Enuani   
Sundanese   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
38,000,000.00   
8

Dialect 2
Ngwa   
Balinese   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida   

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00   
22
3,300,000.00   
17

Dialect 3
Not present   
Minangkabau   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Indonesia, Malaysia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
6,000,000.00   
7

Total No. Of Dialects
20   
18
46   
30

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million   
40
163.00 million   
11

Speaking Population
Not Available   
1.16 %   
14

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
23.00 million   
34

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
140.00 million   
4

Native Name
igbo   
Bahasa Melayu   

Alternative Names
Ibo   
Bahasa Indonesia   

French Name
igbo   
indonésien   

German Name
Ibo-Sprache   
Bahasa Indonesia   

Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Igbo people   
Indonesians   

History

Origin
30th Century BC   
7th Century   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Kwa   
Indonesian   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Malay   

Standard Forms
Standard Igbo   
Indonesian   

Language Position
57   
99+
56   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ig   
id   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ibo   
ind   

ISO 639 2/B
ibo   
ind   

ISO 639 3
ibo   
ind   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1417   
indo1316   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Agglutinative   

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Igbo and Indonesian Language History

Comparison of Igbo vs Indonesian language history gives us differences between origin of Igbo and Indonesian language. History of Igbo language states that this language originated in 30th Century BC whereas history of Indonesian language states that this language originated in 7th 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 Indonesian Language History.

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

Igbo vs Indonesian Difficulty

The Igbo vs Indonesian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Igbo Alphabets and Indonesian 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 Indonesian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Igbo and Indonesian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Igbo is 52 weeks while to learn Indonesian time required is 36 weeks.

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