Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
  
Nigeria
  
National Language
North Korea, South Korea
  
Nigeria
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
  
Equatorial Guinea
  
Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language
  
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
  
Interesting Facts
- Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
- Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
  
- 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
Chinese and Japanese languages
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Korean-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Igbo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Hangul
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
  
kedụ
  
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
  
dalụ
  
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
  
kedụ ka ịmere
  
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
  
ka chi fo
  
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
  
mgbede ọma
  
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
  
ehihie ọma
  
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
  
ụtụtụ ọma
  
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
  
Biko
  
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
  
Ndo
  
Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
  
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
  
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
  
ngọpụ
  
Dialect 1
Jeju
  
Enuani
  
Where They Speak
South Korea
  
Nigeria
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
  
Ngwa
  
Where They Speak
South Korea
  
Nigeria
  
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00
  
9
1,500,000.00
  
22
Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
77.00 million
  
22
25.00 million
  
40
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
77.00 million
  
12
25.00 million
  
32
Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
  
igbo
  
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
  
Ibo
  
French Name
coréen
  
igbo
  
German Name
Koreanisch
  
Ibo-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[iɡ͡boː]
  
Ethnicity
Koreans
  
Igbo people
  
Origin
Before 1st century
  
30th Century BC
  
Language Family
Koreanic Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Kwa
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
  
Standard Igbo
  
Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ko
  
ig
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kor
  
ibo
  
ISO 639 2/B
kor
  
ibo
  
ISO 639 3
Kor
  
ibo
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
kore1280
  
nucl1417
  
Linguasphere
45-AAA
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Agglutinative
  
Korean 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 Korean and Igbo greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Korean and Igbo language. Korean word for "Hello" is 안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.) or Igbo word for "Thank You" is dalụ. Find more of such common Korean Greetings and Igbo Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Korean vs Igbo Difficulty
The Korean vs Igbo difficulty level basically depends on the number of Korean 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 Korean and Igbo are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Korean and Igbo, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Korean is 88 weeks while to learn Igbo time required is 52 weeks.