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Mongolian vs Igbo


Igbo vs Mongolian


Countries

Countries
China, Mongolia  
Nigeria  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
China, Mongolia  
Nigeria  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Equatorial Guinea  

Regulated By
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)  
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture  

Interesting Facts
  • Mongolian was first written using Phagspa script in late 13th century.
  • There is no connection between Mongolian, Japanese and Korean, but still in terms of grammar and sentence structure they are very similar.
  
  • 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
Turkish Language  
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Derived From
Not Available  
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Alphabets

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

Alphabets
35  
17
36  
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
13  
10
8  
5

How Many Consonants
20  
10
28  
18

Scripts
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script  
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
Сайн уу (Sain uu)  
kedụ  

Thank You
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)  
dalụ  

How Are You?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)  
kedụ ka ịmere  

Good Night
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)  
ka chi fo  

Good Evening
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)  
mgbede ọma  

Good Afternoon
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)  
ehihie ọma  

Good Morning
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)  
ụtụtụ ọma  

Please
Хэрэв (Kherev)  
Biko  

Sorry
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)  
Ndo  

Bye
Баяртай (Bayartai)  
Not Available  

I Love You
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)  
a hụrụ m gị n'anya  

Excuse Me
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)  
ngọpụ  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Khalkha Mongolian  
Enuani  

Where They Speak
Mongolia  
Nigeria  

Dialect 2
Ordos Mongolian  
Ngwa  

Where They Speak
Mongolia  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
123,000.00  
34
1,500,000.00  
22

Dialect 3
Khorchin Mongolian  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Mongolia  
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
20  
18

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
5.70 million  
99+
25.00 million  
32

Native Name
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)  
igbo  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Ibo  

French Name
mongol  
igbo  

German Name
Mongolisch  
Ibo-Sprache  

Pronunciation
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/  
[iɡ͡boː]  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Igbo people  

History

Origin
1224-1225  
30th Century BC  

Language Family
Mongolic family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Mongolian  
Kwa  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian  
Standard Igbo  

Language Position
Not Available  
57  
99+

Signed Forms
Mongolian Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
mn  
ig  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mon  
ibo  

ISO 639 2/B
mon  
ibo  

ISO 639 3
mon  
ibo  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
mong1331  
nucl1417  

Linguasphere
part of 44-BAA-b  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Agglutinative  

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Mongolian and Igbo Language History

Comparison of Mongolian vs Igbo language history gives us differences between origin of Mongolian and Igbo language. History of Mongolian language states that this language originated in 1224-1225 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 Mongolian and Igbo Language History.

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

Mongolian vs Igbo Difficulty

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

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