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Igbo and Spanish


Countries

Countries
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara   
Nigeria   

Total No. Of Countries
46   
1
1   
14

National Language
Spain   
Nigeria   

Second Language
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America   
Africa   

Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom   
Equatorial Guinea   

Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española   
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  
  • 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 Language   
Not Available   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27   
9
36   
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
8   
5

How Many Consonants
22   
12
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
hola   
kedụ   

Thank You
Gracias   
dalụ   

How Are You?
Cómo estás?   
kedụ ka ịmere   

Good Night
Buenas Noches   
ka chi fo   

Good Evening
Bonne soirée   
mgbede ọma   

Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes   
ehihie ọma   

Good Morning
Buenos Días   
ụtụtụ ọma   

Please
Por Favor   
Biko   

Sorry
triste   
Ndo   

Bye
adiós   
Not Available   

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

Excuse Me
Discúlpeme   
ngọpụ   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish   
Enuani   

Where They Speak
Mexico   
Nigeria   

How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00   
5
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish   
Ngwa   

Where They Speak
Cuba   
Nigeria   

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00   
8
1,500,000.00   
22

Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Puerto Rico   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00   
9
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
21   
19
20   
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
489.00 million   
3
25.00 million   
40

Speaking Population
6.15 %   
3
Not Available   

Native Speakers
410.00 million   
2
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
89.50 million   
9
Not Available   

Native Name
Español   
igbo   

Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español   
Ibo   

French Name
espagnol; castillan   
igbo   

German Name
Spanisch   
Ibo-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]   
[iɡ͡boː]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Igbo people   

History

Origin
210 BC   
30th Century BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Kwa   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish   
Standard Igbo   

Language Position
2   
2
57   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Spanish   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
es   
ig   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
spa   
ibo   

ISO 639 2/B
spa   
ibo   

ISO 639 3
spa   
ibo   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1288   
nucl1417   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-b   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Agglutinative   

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

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Spanish and Igbo Speaking population

Spanish and Igbo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Spanish and Igbo languages can be compared. The total count of Spanish and Igbo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Spanish language is 6.15 % 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 Spanish and Igbo on Spanish vs Igbo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Spanish and Igbo Language Codes

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

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