Countries
Nigeria
  
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
National Language
Nigeria
  
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Equatorial Guinea
  
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
  
Regulated By
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
  
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
  
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.
  
- One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
- Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
French and Portuguese Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Igbo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Italian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
kedụ
  
ciao
  
Thank You
dalụ
  
grazie
  
How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere
  
Come stai?
  
Good Night
ka chi fo
  
buonanotte
  
Good Evening
mgbede ọma
  
buonasera
  
Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma
  
buon pomeriggio
  
Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma
  
buongiorno
  
Please
Biko
  
Per Favore
  
Sorry
Ndo
  
scusate
  
Bye
Not Available
  
arrivederci
  
I Love You
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
  
Ti amo
  
Excuse Me
ngọpụ
  
Scusami
  
Dialect 1
Enuani
  
Romanesco
  
Where They Speak
Nigeria
  
Lazio
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,000,000.00
  
21
Dialect 2
Ngwa
  
Central Italian
  
Where They Speak
Nigeria
  
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
  
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00
  
22
5,000,000.00
  
14
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Tuscan
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
78.00 million
  
21
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
64.00 million
  
18
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
14.00 million
  
20
Native Name
igbo
  
Italiano
  
Alternative Names
Ibo
  
Italiano
  
French Name
igbo
  
italien
  
German Name
Ibo-Sprache
  
Italienisch
  
Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]
  
[itaˈljaːno]
  
Ethnicity
Igbo people
  
Italians
  
Origin
30th Century BC
  
960 BC
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Kwa
  
Romance
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Igbo
  
Italian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ig
  
it
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ibo
  
ita
  
ISO 639 2/B
ibo
  
ita
  
ISO 639 3
ibo
  
ita
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
itas
  
Glottocode
nucl1417
  
ital1282
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
51-AAA-q
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Igbo and Italian 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 Italian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Igbo and Italian language. Igbo word for "Hello" is kedụ or Italian word for "Thank You" is grazie. Find more of such common Igbo Greetings and Italian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Igbo vs Italian Difficulty
The Igbo vs Italian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Igbo Alphabets and Italian 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 Italian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Igbo and Italian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Igbo is 52 weeks while to learn Italian time required is 24 weeks.