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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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