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Italian vs Igbo


Igbo vs Italian


Countries

Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City   
Nigeria   

Total No. Of Countries
7   
8
1   
14

National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City   
Nigeria   

Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa   

Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia   
Equatorial Guinea   

Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)   
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  
  • 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
French and Portuguese Languages   
Not Available   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21   
3
36   
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
8   
5

How Many Consonants
16   
6
28   
18

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
52 weeks   
12

Greetings

Hello
ciao   
kedụ   

Thank You
grazie   
dalụ   

How Are You?
Come stai?   
kedụ ka ịmere   

Good Night
buonanotte   
ka chi fo   

Good Evening
buonasera   
mgbede ọma   

Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio   
ehihie ọma   

Good Morning
buongiorno   
ụtụtụ ọma   

Please
Per Favore   
Biko   

Sorry
scusate   
Ndo   

Bye
arrivederci   
Not Available   

I Love You
Ti amo   
a hụrụ m gị n'anya   

Excuse Me
Scusami   
ngọpụ   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Romanesco   
Enuani   

Where They Speak
Lazio   
Nigeria   

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00   
21
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Central Italian   
Ngwa   

Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria   
Nigeria   

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00   
14
1,500,000.00   
22

Dialect 3
Tuscan   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
15   
14
20   
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
78.00 million   
21
25.00 million   
40

Speaking Population
0.90 %   
22
Not Available   

Native Speakers
64.00 million   
18
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
14.00 million   
20
Not Available   

Native Name
Italiano   
igbo   

Alternative Names
Italiano   
Ibo   

French Name
italien   
igbo   

German Name
Italienisch   
Ibo-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]   
[iɡ͡boː]   

Ethnicity
Italians   
Igbo people   

History

Origin
960 BC   
30th Century BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Kwa   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Italian   
Standard Igbo   

Language Position
27   
23
57   
99+

Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
it   
ig   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ita   
ibo   

ISO 639 2/B
ita   
ibo   

ISO 639 3
ita   
ibo   

ISO 639 6
itas   
Not Available   

Glottocode
ital1282   
nucl1417   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-q   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Agglutinative   

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Italian and Igbo Language History

Comparison of Italian vs Igbo language history gives us differences between origin of Italian and Igbo language. History of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 BC 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 Italian and Igbo Language History.

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

Italian vs Igbo Difficulty

The Italian vs Igbo difficulty level basically depends on the number of Italian 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 Italian and Igbo are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Italian and Igbo, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Italian is 24 weeks while to learn Igbo time required is 52 weeks.

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