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Norwegian and Igbo


Igbo and Norwegian


Countries

Countries
Norway   
Nigeria   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Norway   
Nigeria   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe, South America   
Africa   

Minority Language
Nynorsk   
Equatorial Guinea   

Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council   
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture   

Interesting Facts
  • Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
  • Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
  
  • 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
Swedish and Danish Languages   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
36   
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
8   
5

How Many Consonants
20   
10
28   
18

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
52 weeks   
12

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
kedụ   

Thank You
takk   
dalụ   

How Are You?
hvordan har du det?   
kedụ ka ịmere   

Good Night
god natt   
ka chi fo   

Good Evening
god kveld   
mgbede ọma   

Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag   
ehihie ọma   

Good Morning
god morgen   
ụtụtụ ọma   

Please
Vær så snill   
Biko   

Sorry
unnskyld   
Ndo   

Bye
ha det   
Not Available   

I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg   
a hụrụ m gị n'anya   

Excuse Me
unnskyld meg   
ngọpụ   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jamtlandic   
Enuani   

Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen   
Nigeria   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Sognamål   
Ngwa   

Where They Speak
Sogn   
Nigeria   

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

Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
19   
17
20   
18

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
5.00 million   
99+
25.00 million   
32

Native Name
Norsk   
igbo   

Alternative Names
Norsk   
Ibo   

French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien   
igbo   

German Name
Nynorsk   
Ibo-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)   
[iɡ͡boː]   

Ethnicity
Norwegians   
Igbo people   

History

Origin
c. 1300 AD   
30th Century BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Kwa   

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål   
Standard Igbo   

Language Position
Not Available   
57   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
no   
ig   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nor   
ibo   

ISO 639 2/B
nor   
ibo   

ISO 639 3
nor   
ibo   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
norw1258   
nucl1417   

Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Agglutinative   

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All Norwegian and Igbo Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Norwegian and Igbo dialects. Various dialects of Norwegian and Igbo language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Norwegian are spoken in different Norwegian Speaking Countries whereas Igbo Dialects are spoken in different Igbo speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Norwegian vs Igbo Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Norwegian dialects include: Jamtlandic, Sognamål. Igbo dialects include: Enuani , Ngwa. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Norwegian and Igbo Speaking population

Norwegian and Igbo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Norwegian and Igbo languages can be compared. The total count of Norwegian and Igbo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Norwegian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Igbo language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Norwegian and Igbo on Norwegian vs Igbo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Norwegian and Igbo Language Codes

Norwegian and Igbo language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Norwegian and Igbo Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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