Countries
Nigeria
  
Vietnam
  
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
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Chinese Language
  
Derived From
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Chinese Language
  
Alphabets in
Igbo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Vietnamese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
91.00 million
  
16
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Vietnamese sign languages
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.