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Igbo vs Irish


Irish vs Igbo


Countries

Countries
Nigeria  
European Union, Ireland  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Nigeria  
Ireland  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Ireland  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Europe  

Minority Language
Equatorial Guinea  
United Kingdom  

Regulated By
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture  
Foras na Gaeilge  

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.
  
  • In Irish language, there are no exact words for "yes" or "no".
  • There are different set of numbers for counting humans and another set for counting non-humans in Irish Language.
  

Similar To
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Derived From
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Alphabets

Alphabets in
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Alphabets
36  
18
18  
1

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
5  
2

How Many Consonants
28  
18
13  
3

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks  
12
36 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
kedụ  
Dia dhuit  

Thank You
dalụ  
Go raibh maith agat  

How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere  
Conas atá tú ?  

Good Night
ka chi fo  
Oíche mhaith  

Good Evening
mgbede ọma  
Tráthnóna maith duit  

Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma  
Tráthnóna maith duit  

Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma  
Dia dhuit ar maidin  

Please
Biko  
le do thoil  

Sorry
Ndo  
Tá brón orm  

Bye
Not Available  
Slán  

I Love You
a hụrụ m gị n'anya  
Is breá liom thú  

Excuse Me
ngọpụ  
Gabh mo leithscéal  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Enuani  
Connacht Irish  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Connacht  

Dialect 2
Ngwa  
Munster Irish  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Munster  

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

Dialect 3
Not present  
Ulster Irish  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Ulster  

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
0.14 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
1.65 million  
35

Native Name
igbo  
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge  

Alternative Names
Ibo  
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish  

French Name
igbo  
irlandais moyen  

German Name
Ibo-Sprache  
Mittelirisch  

Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]  
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]  

Ethnicity
Igbo people  
Irish people  

History

Origin
30th Century BC  
c. 750  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Kwa  
Celtic  

Branch
Not Available  
Goidelic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish  

Standard Forms
Standard Igbo  
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil  

Language Position
57  
99+
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Irish Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ig  
ga  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ibo  
gle  

ISO 639 2/B
ibo  
gle  

ISO 639 3
ibo  
gle  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nucl1417  
iris1253  

Linguasphere
No data available  
50-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Verb-Subject-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Fusional  

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Igbo and Irish Language History

Comparison of Igbo vs Irish language history gives us differences between origin of Igbo and Irish language. History of Igbo language states that this language originated in 30th Century BC whereas history of Irish language states that this language originated in c. 750. 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 Irish Language History.

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

Igbo vs Irish Difficulty

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

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