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Macedonian vs Igbo


Igbo vs Macedonian


Countries

Countries
Macedonia   
Nigeria   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   
Nigeria   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa   

Minority Language
Albania, Romania, Serbia   
Equatorial Guinea   

Regulated By
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"   
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture   

Interesting Facts
  • There are plenty of loan words in Macedonian language from the Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian languages.
  • The only Indo-European language that make use of the narrative mood is Macedonian language.
  
  • 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
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
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Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31   
13
36   
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
8   
5

How Many Consonants
26   
16
28   
18

Scripts
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
52 weeks   
12

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)   
kedụ   

Thank You
Благодарам (Blagodaram)   
dalụ   

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)   
kedụ ka ịmere   

Good Night
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)   
ka chi fo   

Good Evening
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)   
mgbede ọma   

Good Afternoon
Добар ден (Dobar den)   
ehihie ọma   

Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)   
ụtụtụ ọma   

Please
Ве молиме (Ve molime)   
Biko   

Sorry
жал (žal)   
Ndo   

Bye
Чао (Čao)   
Not Available   

I Love You
Те сакам (Te sakam)   
a hụrụ m gị n'anya   

Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)   
ngọpụ   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Torlakian   
Enuani   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   
Nigeria   

How Many People Speak
1.50   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Debar   
Ngwa   

Where They Speak
Macedonia   
Nigeria   

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

Dialect 3
Galičnik   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Macedonia   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
28   
23
20   
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
2.50 million   
99+
25.00 million   
40

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
2.50 million   
99+
25.00 million   
32

Native Name
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)   
igbo   

Alternative Names
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic   
Ibo   

French Name
macédonien   
igbo   

German Name
Makedonisch   
Ibo-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]   
[iɡ͡boː]   

Ethnicity
Macedonians   
Igbo people   

History

Origin
2200 BC   
30th Century BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Kwa   

Branch
Southern   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Macedonian   
Standard Igbo   

Language Position
Not Available   
57   
99+

Signed Forms
Macedonian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
mk   
ig   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mkd   
ibo   

ISO 639 2/B
mac   
ibo   

ISO 639 3
mkd   
ibo   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mace1250   
nucl1417   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ha   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic   
Agglutinative   

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Macedonian and Igbo Language History

Comparison of Macedonian vs Igbo language history gives us differences between origin of Macedonian and Igbo language. History of Macedonian language states that this language originated in 2200 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 Macedonian and Igbo Language History.

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

Macedonian vs Igbo Difficulty

The Macedonian vs Igbo difficulty level basically depends on the number of Macedonian 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 Macedonian and Igbo are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Macedonian and Igbo, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Macedonian is 44 weeks while to learn Igbo time required is 52 weeks.

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