Igbo vs Lithuanian
Countries
Nigeria
  
European Union, Lithuania
  
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 in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
Dialect 1
Enuani
  
Samogitian
  
Where They Speak
Nigeria
  
Lithuania
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Lithuanian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.
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.