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Igbo vs Malaysian


Malaysian vs Igbo


Countries

Countries
Nigeria  
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

National Language
Nigeria  
Malaysia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Indonesia  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

Minority Language
Equatorial Guinea  
Thailand  

Regulated By
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture  
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka  

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.
  
  • One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
  • Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  

Similar To
Not Available  
Indonesian Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Tamil Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36  
18
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
6  
3

How Many Consonants
28  
18
24  
14

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks  
12
36 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
kedụ  
Hai  

Thank You
dalụ  
terima kasih  

How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere  
Apa khabar?  

Good Night
ka chi fo  
Selamat Malam  

Good Evening
mgbede ọma  
Selamat Petang  

Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma  
Selamat tengah hari  

Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma  
Selamat pagi  

Please
Biko  
sila  

Sorry
Ndo  
maaf  

Bye
Not Available  
Selamat tinggal  

I Love You
a hụrụ m gị n'anya  
Saya sayang kamu  

Excuse Me
ngọpụ  
Maafkan saya  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Enuani  
Bengkulu  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
1,600,000.00  
25

Dialect 2
Ngwa  
Pekal  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
22
30,000.00  
40

Dialect 3
Not present  
Musi  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
3,100,000.00  
11

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
24  
20

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million  
40
175.00 million  
10

Speaking Population
Not Available  
1.16 %  
14

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
77.00 million  
12

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
98.00 million  
8

Native Name
igbo  
Bahasa melayu  

Alternative Names
Ibo  
Not Available  

French Name
igbo  
malais  

German Name
Ibo-Sprache  
Malaiisch  

Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]  
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]  

Ethnicity
Igbo people  
Not Available  

History

Origin
30th Century BC  
c. 683 AD  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Kwa  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,  

Standard Forms
Standard Igbo  
Pluricentric Standard Malay  

Language Position
57  
99+
54  
39

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Malaysian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ig  
ms  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ibo  
msa  

ISO 639 2/B
ibo  
may  

ISO 639 3
ibo  
zsm  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nucl1417  
stan1306  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Agglutinative  

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Igbo and Malaysian Language History

Comparison of Igbo vs Malaysian language history gives us differences between origin of Igbo and Malaysian language. History of Igbo language states that this language originated in 30th Century BC whereas history of Malaysian language states that this language originated in c. 683 AD. 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 Malaysian Language History.

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

Igbo vs Malaysian Difficulty

The Igbo vs Malaysian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Igbo Alphabets and Malaysian 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 Malaysian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Igbo and Malaysian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Igbo is 52 weeks while to learn Malaysian time required is 36 weeks.

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