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Igbo vs 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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Spanish and Igbo Language History

Comparison of Spanish vs Igbo language history gives us differences between origin of Spanish and Igbo language. History of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 BC 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 Spanish and Igbo Language History.

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

Spanish vs Igbo Difficulty

The Spanish vs Igbo difficulty level basically depends on the number of Spanish 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 Spanish and Igbo are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Spanish and Igbo, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Spanish is 24 weeks while to learn Igbo time required is 52 weeks.

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