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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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