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Igbo vs Vietnamese


Vietnamese vs Igbo


Countries

Countries
Nigeria  
Vietnam  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Nigeria  
Vietnam  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

Minority Language
Equatorial Guinea  
Czech Republic  

Regulated By
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture  
Not Available  

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.
  
  • The vocabulary of Vietnamese language is influenced by Chinese Language.
  • The only language in East Asia that uses the Latin alphabet is Vietnamese.
  

Similar To
Not Available  
Chinese Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Chinese Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36  
18
37  
19

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
12  
9

How Many Consonants
28  
18
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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  
Xin chào  

Thank You
dalụ  
Cam on  

How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere  
Bạn khỏe không?  

Good Night
ka chi fo  
Chúc ngủ ngon  

Good Evening
mgbede ọma  
Chào buổi tối  

Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma  
Chào buổi trưa  

Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma  
Chào buổi sáng  

Please
Biko  
xin vui lòng  

Sorry
Ndo  
Xin lỗi  

Bye
Not Available  
Tạm biệt  

I Love You
a hụrụ m gị n'anya  
tôi yêu bạn  

Excuse Me
ngọpụ  
Xin loi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Enuani  
Northern Vietnamese  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac  

Dialect 2
Ngwa  
North-central Vietnamese  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa  

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

Dialect 3
Not present  
Mid-Central Vietnamese  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien  

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million  
40
91.00 million  
16

Speaking Population
Not Available  
1.14 %  
16

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
75.00 million  
14

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
16.00 million  
17

Native Name
igbo  
tiếng việt (㗂越)  

Alternative Names
Ibo  
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet  

French Name
igbo  
vietnamien  

German Name
Ibo-Sprache  
Vietnamesisch  

Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]  
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern) [tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)  

Ethnicity
Igbo people  
Vietnamese (Kinh) people  

History

Origin
30th Century BC  
c. 1440  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Kwa  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese  

Standard Forms
Standard Igbo  
Standard Vietnamese  

Language Position
57  
99+
14  
13

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Vietnamese sign languages  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ig  
vi  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ibo  
vie  

ISO 639 2/B
ibo  
vie  

ISO 639 3
ibo  
vie  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nucl1417  
viet1252  

Linguasphere
No data available  
46-EBA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Analytic, Isolating  

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Igbo and Vietnamese Language History

Comparison of Igbo vs Vietnamese language history gives us differences between origin of Igbo and Vietnamese language. History of Igbo language states that this language originated in 30th Century BC whereas history of Vietnamese language states that this language originated in c. 1440. 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 Vietnamese Language History.

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

Igbo vs Vietnamese Difficulty

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

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