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Igbo and Russian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan   
Nigeria   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
1   
14

National Language
Russia   
Nigeria   

Second Language
Afganistan   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Africa   

Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   
Equatorial Guinea   

Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences   
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture   

Interesting Facts
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  
  • 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
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages   
Not Available   

Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
36   
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
8   
5

How Many Consonants
21   
11
28   
18

Scripts
Cyrillic   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
52 weeks   
12

Greetings

Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)   
kedụ   

Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)   
dalụ   

How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)   
kedụ ka ịmere   

Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)   
ka chi fo   

Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)   
mgbede ọma   

Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')   
ehihie ọma   

Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)   
ụtụtụ ọma   

Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)   
Biko   

Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)   
Ndo   

Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)   
Not Available   

I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)   
a hụrụ m gị n'anya   

Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)   
ngọpụ   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian   
Enuani   

Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan   
Nigeria   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Olonets   
Ngwa   

Where They Speak
Olonets   
Nigeria   

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

Dialect 3
Novgorod   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Novgorod   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
13   
13
20   
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
276.00 million   
6
25.00 million   
40

Speaking Population
2.33 %   
9
Not Available   

Native Speakers
166.00 million   
8
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million   
7
Not Available   

Native Name
Русский   
igbo   

Alternative Names
Russki   
Ibo   

French Name
russe   
igbo   

German Name
Russisch   
Ibo-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]   
[iɡ͡boː]   

Ethnicity
Russians   
Igbo people   

History

Origin
1000 AD   
30th Century BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Kwa   

Branch
Eastern   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Russian   
Standard Igbo   

Language Position
7   
7
57   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Russian   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ru   
ig   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
rus   
ibo   

ISO 639 2/B
rus   
ibo   

ISO 639 3
rus   
ibo   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
russ1263   
nucl1417   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Agglutinative   

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

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Russian and Igbo Speaking population

Russian and Igbo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Russian and Igbo languages can be compared. The total count of Russian and Igbo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 % 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 Russian and Igbo on Russian vs Igbo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Russian and Igbo Language Codes

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

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