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Igbo vs Macedonian


Macedonian vs Igbo


Countries

Countries
Nigeria  
Macedonia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Nigeria  
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Europe  

Minority Language
Equatorial Guinea  
Albania, Romania, Serbia  

Regulated By
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture  
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"  

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.
  
  • There are plenty of loan words in Macedonian language from the Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian languages.
  • The only Indo-European language that make use of the narrative mood is Macedonian language.
  

Similar To
Not Available  
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36  
18
31  
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
5  
2

How Many Consonants
28  
18
26  
16

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks  
12
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
kedụ  
Здраво (Zdravo)  

Thank You
dalụ  
Благодарам (Blagodaram)  

How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere  
Како си? (Kako si?)  

Good Night
ka chi fo  
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)  

Good Evening
mgbede ọma  
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)  

Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma  
Добар ден (Dobar den)  

Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)  

Please
Biko  
Ве молиме (Ve molime)  

Sorry
Ndo  
жал (žal)  

Bye
Not Available  
Чао (Čao)  

I Love You
a hụrụ m gị n'anya  
Те сакам (Te sakam)  

Excuse Me
ngọpụ  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Enuani  
Torlakian  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
1.50  
99+

Dialect 2
Ngwa  
Debar  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Macedonia  

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

Dialect 3
Not present  
Galičnik  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Macedonia  

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
28  
23

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
2.50 million  
99+

Native Name
igbo  
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)  

Alternative Names
Ibo  
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic  

French Name
igbo  
macédonien  

German Name
Ibo-Sprache  
Makedonisch  

Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]  
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]  

Ethnicity
Igbo people  
Macedonians  

History

Origin
30th Century BC  
2200 BC  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Kwa  
Slavic  

Branch
Not Available  
Southern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Igbo  
Macedonian  

Language Position
57  
99+
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Macedonian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ig  
mk  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ibo  
mkd  

ISO 639 2/B
ibo  
mac  

ISO 639 3
ibo  
mkd  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nucl1417  
mace1250  

Linguasphere
No data available  
53-AAA-ha  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Analytic  

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Igbo and Macedonian Language History

Comparison of Igbo vs Macedonian language history gives us differences between origin of Igbo and Macedonian language. History of Igbo language states that this language originated in 30th Century BC whereas history of Macedonian language states that this language originated in 2200 BC. 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 Macedonian Language History.

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

Igbo vs Macedonian Difficulty

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

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