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Javanese vs Igbo


Igbo vs Javanese


Countries

Countries
Indonesia  
Nigeria  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Indonesia  
Nigeria  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname  
Equatorial Guinea  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture  

Interesting Facts
  • The Javanese group is the largest ethnic group in Indonesian.
  • The earliest writing in Javanese dates from the 4th Century AD, at that time Javanese was written with the Pallava alphabet.
  
  • 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
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages  
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Derived From
Not Available  
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Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
36  
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
8  
5

How Many Consonants
21  
11
28  
18

Scripts
Arabic, Javanese, Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
10
52 weeks  
12

Greetings

Hello
Halo  
kedụ  

Thank You
matur nuwun  
dalụ  

How Are You?
piye kabare?  
kedụ ka ịmere  

Good Night
wengi sing apik  
ka chi fo  

Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten  
mgbede ọma  

Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang  
ehihie ọma  

Good Morning
Sugeng énjing  
ụtụtụ ọma  

Please
Not Available  
Biko  

Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten  
Ndo  

Bye
Kepanggih malih benjang  
Not Available  

I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan  
a hụrụ m gị n'anya  

Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu  
ngọpụ  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Pekalongan  
Enuani  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Nigeria  

Dialect 2
Cirebon  
Ngwa  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Nigeria  

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

Dialect 3
Arekan  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
16  
15
20  
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
82.00 million  
19
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
1.25 %  
13
Not Available  

Native Speakers
76.00 million  
13
25.00 million  
32

Native Name
basa Jawa  
igbo  

Alternative Names
Djawa, Jawa  
Ibo  

French Name
javanais  
igbo  

German Name
Javanisch  
Ibo-Sprache  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[iɡ͡boː]  

Ethnicity
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)  
Igbo people  

History

Origin
450 AD  
30th Century BC  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Indonesian  
Kwa  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Javanese  
Standard Igbo  

Language Position
11  
10
57  
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
jv  
ig  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jav  
ibo  

ISO 639 2/B
jav  
ibo  

ISO 639 3
jav  
ibo  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
java1253  
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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Javanese and Igbo Language History

Comparison of Javanese vs Igbo language history gives us differences between origin of Javanese and Igbo language. History of Javanese language states that this language originated in 450 AD 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 Javanese and Igbo Language History.

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

Javanese vs Igbo Difficulty

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

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