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Malaysian vs Igbo


Igbo vs Malaysian


Countries

Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore   
Nigeria   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
1   
14

National Language
Malaysia   
Nigeria   

Second Language
Indonesia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa   

Minority Language
Thailand   
Equatorial Guinea   

Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka   
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
  • Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  
  • 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
Indonesian Language   
Not Available   

Derived From
Tamil Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
36   
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
8   
5

How Many Consonants
24   
14
28   
18

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
52 weeks   
12

Greetings

Hello
Hai   
kedụ   

Thank You
terima kasih   
dalụ   

How Are You?
Apa khabar?   
kedụ ka ịmere   

Good Night
Selamat Malam   
ka chi fo   

Good Evening
Selamat Petang   
mgbede ọma   

Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari   
ehihie ọma   

Good Morning
Selamat pagi   
ụtụtụ ọma   

Please
sila   
Biko   

Sorry
maaf   
Ndo   

Bye
Selamat tinggal   
Not Available   

I Love You
Saya sayang kamu   
a hụrụ m gị n'anya   

Excuse Me
Maafkan saya   
ngọpụ   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bengkulu   
Enuani   

Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra   
Nigeria   

How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00   
25
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Pekal   
Ngwa   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Nigeria   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
40
1,500,000.00   
22

Dialect 3
Musi   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00   
11
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
24   
20
20   
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
175.00 million   
10
25.00 million   
40

Speaking Population
1.16 %   
14
Not Available   

Native Speakers
77.00 million   
12
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
98.00 million   
8
Not Available   

Native Name
Bahasa melayu   
igbo   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Ibo   

French Name
malais   
igbo   

German Name
Malaiisch   
Ibo-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]   
[iɡ͡boː]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Igbo people   

History

Origin
c. 683 AD   
30th Century BC   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Kwa   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay   
Standard Igbo   

Language Position
54   
39
57   
99+

Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ms   
ig   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
msa   
ibo   

ISO 639 2/B
may   
ibo   

ISO 639 3
zsm   
ibo   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1306   
nucl1417   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Agglutinative   

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Malaysian and Igbo Language History

Comparison of Malaysian vs Igbo language history gives us differences between origin of Malaysian and Igbo language. History of Malaysian language states that this language originated in c. 683 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 Malaysian and Igbo Language History.

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

Malaysian vs Igbo Difficulty

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

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