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Swedish vs Igbo


Igbo vs Swedish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden  
Nigeria  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
1  
14

National Language
Sweden  
Nigeria  

Second Language
Finland  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Antartica, Europe  
Africa  

Minority Language
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Equatorial Guinea  

Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council  
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture  

Interesting Facts
  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
  • 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
Norwegian and Danish Language  
Not Available  

Derived From
Old Norse Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200  
Igbo-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
29  
11
36  
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
8  
5

How Many Consonants
18  
8
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
hej  
kedụ  

Thank You
tacka dig  
dalụ  

How Are You?
hur mår du  
kedụ ka ịmere  

Good Night
godnatt  
ka chi fo  

Good Evening
god kväll  
mgbede ọma  

Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag  
ehihie ọma  

Good Morning
god morgon  
ụtụtụ ọma  

Please
vänligen  
Biko  

Sorry
ledsen  
Ndo  

Bye
hej då  
Not Available  

I Love You
jag älskar dig  
a hụrụ m gị n'anya  

Excuse Me
ursäkta mig  
ngọpụ  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dialects  
Enuani  

Where They Speak
Gabon  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00  
6
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Dialects  
Ngwa  

Where They Speak
Georgia  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00  
2
1,500,000.00  
22

Dialect 3
Dialects  
Not present  

Where They Speak
France  
Not Available  

How Many People Speak
96,000,000.00  
1
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
79  
33
20  
18

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
Not Available  

Native Speakers
8.70 million  
99+
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
29
Not Available  

Native Name
Svenska  
igbo  

Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska  
Ibo  

French Name
suédois  
igbo  

German Name
Schwedisch  
Ibo-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]  
[iɡ͡boː]  

Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes  
Igbo people  

History

Origin
13th Century  
30th Century BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Kwa  

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Swedish  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Swedish  
Standard Igbo  

Language Position
89  
99+
57  
99+

Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sv  
ig  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
swe  
ibo  

ISO 639 2/B
swe  
ibo  

ISO 639 3
swe  
ibo  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
swed1254  
nucl1417  

Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw  
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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Swedish and Igbo Language History

Comparison of Swedish vs Igbo language history gives us differences between origin of Swedish and Igbo language. History of Swedish language states that this language originated in 13th 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 Swedish and Igbo Language History.

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

Swedish vs Igbo Difficulty

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

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