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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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