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Igbo vs Lithuanian


Lithuanian vs Igbo


Countries

Countries
Nigeria  
European Union, Lithuania  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Nigeria  
Lithuania  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Europe  

Minority Language
Equatorial Guinea  
Poland  

Regulated By
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture  
Commission of the Lithuanian Language  

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.
  
  • Lithuanian has many loanwords that originate from Slavic, Germanic and other Baltic languages.
  • "Catheciusmus" is the oldest known book in Lithuanian language in 1547.
  

Similar To
Not Available  
Latvian  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Igbo-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Lithuanian-Alpahbets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
36  
18
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
12  
9

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
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks  
12
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
kedụ  
Sveiki  

Thank You
dalụ  
Ačiū  

How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere  
Kaip sekasi?  

Good Night
ka chi fo  
Labanakt  

Good Evening
mgbede ọma  
Labas vakaras  

Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma  
Laba diena  

Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma  
Labas rytas  

Please
Biko  
Prašom  

Sorry
Ndo  
atsiprašau  

Bye
Not Available  
Ate  

I Love You
a hụrụ m gị n'anya  
Aš myliu tave  

Excuse Me
ngọpụ  
Atsiprašau  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Enuani  
Samogitian  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Lithuania  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
500,000.00  
34

Dialect 2
Ngwa  
Aukštaitian  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Lithuania  

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

Dialect 3
Not present  
Curonian  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Lithuania  

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
10  
10

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
3.00 million  
99+

Native Name
igbo  
lietuvių kalba  

Alternative Names
Ibo  
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy  

French Name
igbo  
lituanien  

German Name
Ibo-Sprache  
Litauisch  

Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Igbo people  
Lithuanians  

History

Origin
30th Century BC  
c. 1503  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Kwa  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Baltic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Igbo  
Lithuanian  

Language Position
57  
99+
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Lithuanian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ig  
lt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ibo  
lit  

ISO 639 2/B
ibo  
lit  

ISO 639 3
ibo  
lit  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nucl1417  
lith1251  

Linguasphere
No data available  
54-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Synthetic  

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Igbo and Lithuanian Language History

Comparison of Igbo vs Lithuanian language history gives us differences between origin of Igbo and Lithuanian language. History of Igbo language states that this language originated in 30th Century BC whereas history of Lithuanian language states that this language originated in c. 1503. 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 Lithuanian Language History.

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

Igbo vs Lithuanian Difficulty

The Igbo vs Lithuanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Igbo Alphabets and Lithuanian 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 Lithuanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Igbo and Lithuanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Igbo is 52 weeks while to learn Lithuanian time required is 44 weeks.

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