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Igbo vs 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  
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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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Japanese and Igbo Language History

Comparison of Japanese vs Igbo language history gives us differences between origin of Japanese and Igbo language. History of Japanese language states that this language originated in 1185 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 Japanese and Igbo Language History.

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Japanese 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 Japanese and Igbo greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Japanese and Igbo language. Japanese word for "Hello" is こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa) or Igbo word for "Thank You" is dalụ. Find more of such common Japanese Greetings and Igbo Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Japanese vs Igbo Difficulty

The Japanese vs Igbo difficulty level basically depends on the number of Japanese 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 Japanese and Igbo are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Japanese and Igbo, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Japanese is 88 weeks while to learn Igbo time required is 52 weeks.

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