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Serbian vs Igbo


Igbo vs Serbian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia   
Nigeria   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
1   
14

National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia   
Nigeria   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa   

Minority Language
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia   
Equatorial Guinea   

Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language   
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture   

Interesting Facts
  • Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
  • Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  
  • 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
Bosnian and Croatian Languages   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
36   
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
8   
5

How Many Consonants
25   
15
28   
18

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
52 weeks   
12

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)   
kedụ   

Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)   
dalụ   

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)   
kedụ ka ịmere   

Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)   
ka chi fo   

Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)   
mgbede ọma   

Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)   
ehihie ọma   

Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)   
ụtụtụ ọma   

Please
Молим (Molim)   
Biko   

Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)   
Ndo   

Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)   
Not Available   

I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)   
a hụrụ m gị n'anya   

Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)   
ngọpụ   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok   
Enuani   

Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia   
Nigeria   

Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac   
Ngwa   

Where They Speak
Serbia   
Nigeria   

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

Dialect 3
Torlakian   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00   
17
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
20   
18

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
8.70 million   
99+
25.00 million   
32

Native Name
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)   
igbo   

Alternative Names
Montenegrin   
Ibo   

French Name
serbe   
igbo   

German Name
Serbisch   
Ibo-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]   
[iɡ͡boː]   

Ethnicity
Serbs   
Igbo people   

History

Origin
11th Century   
30th Century BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Kwa   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Serbian   
Standard Igbo   

Language Position
44   
33
57   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sr   
ig   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
srp   
ibo   

ISO 639 2/B
srp   
ibo   

ISO 639 3
srp   
ibo   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
serb1264   
nucl1417   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-g   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative   

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Serbian and Igbo Language History

Comparison of Serbian vs Igbo language history gives us differences between origin of Serbian and Igbo language. History of Serbian language states that this language originated in 11th Century 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 Serbian and Igbo Language History.

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

Serbian vs Igbo Difficulty

The Serbian vs Igbo difficulty level basically depends on the number of Serbian 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 Serbian and Igbo are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Serbian and Igbo, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Serbian is 44 weeks while to learn Igbo time required is 52 weeks.

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