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Igbo vs Ukrainian


Ukrainian vs Igbo


Countries

Countries
Nigeria  
Ukraine  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Nigeria  
Ukraine  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Europe  

Minority Language
Equatorial Guinea  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia  

Regulated By
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture  
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian 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.
  
  • Ukrainian Language is second most widespread among the Slavic languages after the Russian Language.
  • Ukrainian Language is among the top three most melodious language in the world.
  

Similar To
Not Available  
Russian and Belarusian Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36  
18
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
6  
3

How Many Consonants
28  
18
22  
12

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks  
12
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
kedụ  
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)  

Thank You
dalụ  
Дякую (Dyakuyu)  

How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere  
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)  

Good Night
ka chi fo  
На добраніч (Na dobranič)  

Good Evening
mgbede ọma  
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)  

Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma  
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)  

Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma  
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)  

Please
Biko  
будь ласк  

Sorry
Ndo  
вибачте (vybachte)  

Bye
Not Available  
до побачення (do pobachennya)  

I Love You
a hụrụ m gị n'anya  
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)  

Excuse Me
ngọpụ  
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Enuani  
Podillian  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia  

Dialect 2
Ngwa  
Volynian  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Rivne, Volyn  

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

Dialect 3
Not present  
Steppe  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine  

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
15  
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million  
40
39.00 million  
32

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.46 %  
30

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
39.00 million  
25

Native Name
igbo  
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)  

Alternative Names
Ibo  
Not Available  

French Name
igbo  
ukrainien  

German Name
Ibo-Sprache  
Ukrainisch  

Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]  
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]  

Ethnicity
Igbo people  
Ukrainians  

History

Origin
30th Century BC  
1561  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Kwa  
Slavic  

Branch
Not Available  
Eastern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian  

Standard Forms
Standard Igbo  
Modern Ukrainian  

Language Position
57  
99+
26  
22

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Ukrainian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ig  
uk  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ibo  
ukr  

ISO 639 2/B
ibo  
ukr  

ISO 639 3
ibo  
ukr  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nucl1417  
ukra1253  

Linguasphere
No data available  
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Igbo and Ukrainian Language History

Comparison of Igbo vs Ukrainian language history gives us differences between origin of Igbo and Ukrainian language. History of Igbo language states that this language originated in 30th Century BC whereas history of Ukrainian language states that this language originated in 1561. 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 Ukrainian Language History.

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

Igbo vs Ukrainian Difficulty

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

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