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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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