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Indonesian vs Igbo


Igbo vs Indonesian


Countries

Countries
Indonesia  
Nigeria  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Indonesia  
Nigeria  

Second Language
East Timor, Indonesia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands  
Equatorial Guinea  

Regulated By
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa  
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture  

Interesting Facts
  • The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
  • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Malay language  
Not Available  

Derived From
Malay and Dutch Languages  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
36  
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
8  
5

How Many Consonants
19  
9
28  
18

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7  
6
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
10
52 weeks  
12

Greetings

Hello
Halo  
kedụ  

Thank You
Terima kasih  
dalụ  

How Are You?
Apa kabar?  
kedụ ka ịmere  

Good Night
Selamat Malam  
ka chi fo  

Good Evening
Malam yang baik  
mgbede ọma  

Good Afternoon
Selamat Sore  
ehihie ọma  

Good Morning
Selamat Pagi  
ụtụtụ ọma  

Please
mohon Untuk  
Biko  

Sorry
maaf  
Ndo  

Bye
Selamat tinggal  
Not Available  

I Love You
Aku cinta kamu  
a hụrụ m gị n'anya  

Excuse Me
Permisi  
ngọpụ  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sundanese  
Enuani  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
8
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Balinese  
Ngwa  

Where They Speak
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
3,300,000.00  
17
1,500,000.00  
22

Dialect 3
Minangkabau  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia  
Not Available  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
7
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
46  
30
20  
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million  
11
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
1.16 %  
14
Not Available  

Native Speakers
23.00 million  
34
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
140.00 million  
4
Not Available  

Native Name
Bahasa Melayu  
igbo  

Alternative Names
Bahasa Indonesia  
Ibo  

French Name
indonésien  
igbo  

German Name
Bahasa Indonesia  
Ibo-Sprache  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[iɡ͡boː]  

Ethnicity
Indonesians  
Igbo people  

History

Origin
7th Century  
30th Century BC  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Indonesian  
Kwa  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Malay  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Indonesian  
Standard Igbo  

Language Position
56  
99+
57  
99+

Signed Forms
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
id  
ig  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ind  
ibo  

ISO 639 2/B
ind  
ibo  

ISO 639 3
ind  
ibo  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
indo1316  
nucl1417  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Agglutinative  

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Indonesian and Igbo Language History

Comparison of Indonesian vs Igbo language history gives us differences between origin of Indonesian and Igbo language. History of Indonesian language states that this language originated in 7th Century whereas history of Igbo language states that this language originated in 30th Century BC. 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 Indonesian and Igbo Language History.

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

Indonesian vs Igbo Difficulty

The Indonesian vs Igbo difficulty level basically depends on the number of Indonesian Alphabets and Igbo 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 Indonesian and Igbo are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Indonesian and Igbo, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Indonesian is 36 weeks while to learn Igbo time required is 52 weeks.

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