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Sanskrit vs Igbo


Igbo vs Sanskrit


Countries

Countries
India  
Nigeria  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
India  
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
Not Available  
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture  

Interesting Facts
  • Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
  • Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  
  • 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
Old German Language  
Not Available  

Derived From
Prakrit Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52  
31
36  
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16  
13
8  
5

How Many Consonants
36  
26
28  
18

Scripts
Devanagari  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
20 weeks  
5
52 weeks  
12

Greetings

Hello
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)  
kedụ  

Thank You
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)  
dalụ  

How Are You?
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)  
kedụ ka ịmere  

Good Night
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)  
ka chi fo  

Good Evening
शुभः सायंकालः  
mgbede ọma  

Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार  
ehihie ọma  

Good Morning
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)  
ụtụtụ ọma  

Please
कृपया (kripayā)  
Biko  

Sorry
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  
Ndo  

Bye
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)  
Not Available  

I Love You
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)  
a hụrụ m gị n'anya  

Excuse Me
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  
ngọpụ  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Not present  
Enuani  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Nigeria  

Dialect 2
Not present  
Ngwa  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Nigeria  

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

Dialect 3
Not present  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
0  
20  
18

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
14.10 million  
99+
25.00 million  
32

Native Name
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)  
igbo  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Ibo  

French Name
sanskrit  
igbo  

German Name
Sanskrit  
Ibo-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[səmskr̩t̪əm]  
[iɡ͡boː]  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Igbo people  

History

Origin
2000 B.C.  
30th Century BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Kwa  

Branch
Indic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Vedic Sanskrit  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Sanskrit  
Standard Igbo  

Language Position
Not Available  
57  
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sa  
ig  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
san  
ibo  

ISO 639 2/B
san  
ibo  

ISO 639 3
san  
ibo  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
sans1269  
nucl1417  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Ancient  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Agglutinative  

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Sanskrit and Igbo Language History

Comparison of Sanskrit vs Igbo language history gives us differences between origin of Sanskrit and Igbo language. History of Sanskrit language states that this language originated in 2000 B.C. 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 Sanskrit and Igbo Language History.

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

Sanskrit vs Igbo Difficulty

The Sanskrit vs Igbo difficulty level basically depends on the number of Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit and Igbo are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Sanskrit and Igbo, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Sanskrit is 20 weeks while to learn Igbo time required is 52 weeks.

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