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Igbo and Japanese


Countries

Countries
Japan  
Nigeria  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Japan  
Nigeria  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific  
Africa  

Minority Language
Palau  
Equatorial Guinea  

Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education  
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture  

Interesting Facts
  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
  • 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
Korean Language  
Not Available  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
99  
40
36  
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
8  
5

How Many Consonants
14  
4
28  
18

Scripts
Kana  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
52 weeks  
12

Greetings

Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)  
kedụ  

Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)  
dalụ  

How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)  
kedụ ka ịmere  

Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)  
ka chi fo  

Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)  
mgbede ọma  

Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)  
ehihie ọma  

Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)  
ụtụtụ ọma  

Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)  
Biko  

Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)  
Ndo  

Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)  
Not Available  

I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)  
a hụrụ m gị n'anya  

Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)  
ngọpụ  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sanuki  
Enuani  

Where They Speak
Kagawa  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00  
28
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Hakata  
Ngwa  

Where They Speak
Fukuoka  
Nigeria  

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

Dialect 3
Kansai  
Not present  

Where They Speak
kansai  
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
31  
25
20  
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
128.00 million  
14
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
1.90 %  
10
Not Available  

Native Speakers
128.00 million  
9
25.00 million  
32

Native Name
日本語  
igbo  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Ibo  

French Name
japonais  
igbo  

German Name
Japanisch  
Ibo-Sprache  

Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]  
[iɡ͡boː]  

Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)  
Igbo people  

History

Origin
1185  
30th Century BC  

Language Family
Japonic Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Kwa  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Japanese  
Standard Igbo  

Language Position
8  
8
57  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Japanese  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ja  
ig  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jpn  
ibo  

ISO 639 2/B
jpn  
ibo  

ISO 639 3
jpn  
ibo  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nucl1643  
nucl1417  

Linguasphere
45-CAA-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Agglutinative  

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All Japanese and Igbo Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Japanese and Igbo dialects. Various dialects of Japanese and Igbo language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Japanese are spoken in different Japanese Speaking Countries whereas Igbo Dialects are spoken in different Igbo speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Japanese vs Igbo Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Japanese dialects include: Sanuki, Hakata. Igbo dialects include: Enuani , Ngwa. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Japanese and Igbo Speaking population

Japanese and Igbo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Japanese and Igbo languages can be compared. The total count of Japanese and Igbo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Igbo language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Japanese and Igbo on Japanese vs Igbo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Japanese and Igbo Language Codes

Japanese and Igbo language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Japanese and Igbo Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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