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Romanian and Igbo


Igbo and Romanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine   
Nigeria   

Total No. Of Countries
6   
9
1   
14

National Language
Moldova, Romania   
Nigeria   

Second Language
Kazakhstan, Russia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Africa   

Minority Language
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine   
Equatorial Guinea   

Regulated By
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li   
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture   

Interesting Facts
  • Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
  • The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  
  • 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
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.   
Not Available   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31   
13
36   
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
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
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
52 weeks   
12

Greetings

Hello
alo   
kedụ   

Thank You
multumesc   
dalụ   

How Are You?
ce mai faci?   
kedụ ka ịmere   

Good Night
noapte Buna   
ka chi fo   

Good Evening
buna Seara   
mgbede ọma   

Good Afternoon
buna Ziua   
ehihie ọma   

Good Morning
bună Dimineața   
ụtụtụ ọma   

Please
Vă Rog   
Biko   

Sorry
scuze   
Ndo   

Bye
La revedere   
Not Available   

I Love You
Te iubesc   
a hụrụ m gị n'anya   

Excuse Me
Scuza-Ma   
ngọpụ   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Aromanian   
Enuani   

Where They Speak
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey   
Nigeria   

How Many People Speak
250,000.00   
38
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian   
Ngwa   

Where They Speak
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey   
Nigeria   

How Many People Speak
5,000.00   
99+
1,500,000.00   
22

Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
1,400.00   
37
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
10   
10
20   
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million   
38
25.00 million   
40

Speaking Population
0.37 %   
35
Not Available   

Native Speakers
24.00 million   
33
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
4.00 million   
30
Not Available   

Native Name
Română   
igbo   

Alternative Names
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian   
Ibo   

French Name
roumain; moldave   
igbo   

German Name
Rumänisch   
Ibo-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[roˈmɨnə]   
[iɡ͡boː]   

Ethnicity
Romanians   
Igbo people   

History

Origin
1521   
30th Century BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Kwa   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Romanian   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Romanian   
Standard Igbo   

Language Position
36   
28
57   
99+

Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ro   
ig   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ron   
ibo   

ISO 639 2/B
rum   
ibo   

ISO 639 3
ron   
ibo   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
roma1327   
nucl1417   

Linguasphere
51-AAD-c   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Agglutinative   

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All Romanian 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 Romanian and Igbo dialects. Various dialects of Romanian and Igbo language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Romanian are spoken in different Romanian Speaking Countries whereas Igbo Dialects are spoken in different Igbo speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Romanian vs Igbo Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Romanian dialects include: Aromanian, Megleno-Romanian. Igbo dialects include: Enuani , Ngwa. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Romanian and Igbo Speaking population

Romanian and Igbo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Romanian and Igbo languages can be compared. The total count of Romanian and Igbo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Romanian language is 0.37 % 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 Romanian and Igbo on Romanian vs Igbo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Romanian and Igbo Language Codes

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

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