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Igbo vs Japanese


Japanese vs Igbo


Countries

Countries
Nigeria  
Japan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Nigeria  
Japan  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia, Pacific  

Minority Language
Equatorial Guinea  
Palau  

Regulated By
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture  
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education  

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 Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  

Similar To
Not Available  
Korean Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36  
18
99  
40

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
5  
2

How Many Consonants
28  
18
14  
4

Scripts
Latin  
Kana  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks  
12
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
kedụ  
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)  

Thank You
dalụ  
ありがとう (Arigatō)  

How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere  
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)  

Good Night
ka chi fo  
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)  

Good Evening
mgbede ọma  
こんばんは (Konbanwa)  

Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma  
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)  

Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma  
おはよう (Ohayō)  

Please
Biko  
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)  

Sorry
Ndo  
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)  

Bye
Not Available  
さようなら (Sayōnara)  

I Love You
a hụrụ m gị n'anya  
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)  

Excuse Me
ngọpụ  
すみません (Sumimasen)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Enuani  
Sanuki  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Kagawa  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
1,000,000.00  
28

Dialect 2
Ngwa  
Hakata  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Fukuoka  

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

Dialect 3
Not present  
Kansai  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
kansai  

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
31  
25

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million  
40
128.00 million  
14

Speaking Population
Not Available  
1.90 %  
10

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
128.00 million  
9

Native Name
igbo  
日本語  

Alternative Names
Ibo  
Not Available  

French Name
igbo  
japonais  

German Name
Ibo-Sprache  
Japanisch  

Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]  
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]  

Ethnicity
Igbo people  
Japanese (Yamato)  

History

Origin
30th Century BC  
1185  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Japonic Family  

Subgroup
Kwa  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese  

Standard Forms
Standard Igbo  
Japanese  

Language Position
57  
99+
8  
8

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Japanese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ig  
ja  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ibo  
jpn  

ISO 639 2/B
ibo  
jpn  

ISO 639 3
ibo  
jpn  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nucl1417  
nucl1643  

Linguasphere
No data available  
45-CAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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Igbo and Japanese Language History

Comparison of Igbo vs Japanese language history gives us differences between origin of Igbo and Japanese language. History of Igbo language states that this language originated in 30th Century BC whereas history of Japanese language states that this language originated in 1185. 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 Japanese Language History.

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Igbo and Japanese 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 Japanese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Igbo and Japanese language. Igbo word for "Hello" is kedụ or Japanese word for "Thank You" is ありがとう (Arigatō). Find more of such common Igbo Greetings and Japanese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Igbo vs Japanese Difficulty

The Igbo vs Japanese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Igbo Alphabets and Japanese 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 Japanese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Igbo and Japanese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Igbo is 52 weeks while to learn Japanese time required is 88 weeks.

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