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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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