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Igbo vs Norwegian


Norwegian vs Igbo


Countries

Countries
Nigeria  
Norway  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Nigeria  
Norway  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Europe, South America  

Minority Language
Equatorial Guinea  
Nynorsk  

Regulated By
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture  
Norwegian Language Council  

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.
  
  • Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
  • Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
  

Similar To
Not Available  
Swedish and Danish Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36  
18
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
9  
6

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
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks  
12
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
kedụ  
hallo  

Thank You
dalụ  
takk  

How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere  
hvordan har du det?  

Good Night
ka chi fo  
god natt  

Good Evening
mgbede ọma  
god kveld  

Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma  
god ettermiddag  

Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma  
god morgen  

Please
Biko  
Vær så snill  

Sorry
Ndo  
unnskyld  

Bye
Not Available  
ha det  

I Love You
a hụrụ m gị n'anya  
Jeg Elsker Deg  

Excuse Me
ngọpụ  
unnskyld meg  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Enuani  
Jamtlandic  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Jamtland,Harjedalen  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Ngwa  
Sognamål  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Sogn  

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

Dialect 3
Not present  
Hallingmål-Valdris  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Hallingdal, Valdres  

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
19  
17

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
igbo  
Norsk  

Alternative Names
Ibo  
Norsk  

French Name
igbo  
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien  

German Name
Ibo-Sprache  
Nynorsk  

Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]  
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)  

Ethnicity
Igbo people  
Norwegians  

History

Origin
30th Century BC  
c. 1300 AD  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Kwa  
Germanic  

Branch
Not Available  
Northern (Scandinavian)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian  

Standard Forms
Standard Igbo  
Nynorsk, Bokmål  

Language Position
57  
99+
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Norwegian  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
ig  
no  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ibo  
nor  

ISO 639 2/B
ibo  
nor  

ISO 639 3
ibo  
nor  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nucl1417  
norw1258  

Linguasphere
No data available  
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Fusional  

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Igbo and Norwegian Language History

Comparison of Igbo vs Norwegian language history gives us differences between origin of Igbo and Norwegian language. History of Igbo language states that this language originated in 30th Century BC whereas history of Norwegian language states that this language originated in c. 1300 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 Norwegian Language History.

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

Igbo vs Norwegian Difficulty

The Igbo vs Norwegian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Igbo Alphabets and Norwegian 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 Norwegian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Igbo and Norwegian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Igbo is 52 weeks while to learn Norwegian time required is 24 weeks.

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