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Turkish vs Igbo


Igbo vs Turkish


Countries

Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey   
Nigeria   

Total No. Of Countries
11   
5
1   
14

National Language
Turkey   
Nigeria   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Africa   

Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania   
Equatorial Guinea   

Regulated By
Turkish Language Association   
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture   

Interesting Facts
  • Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
  • Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  
  • 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
Azerbaijani Language   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
36   
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
8   
5

How Many Consonants
21   
11
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
44 weeks   
11
52 weeks   
12

Greetings

Hello
Merhaba   
kedụ   

Thank You
teşekkür ederim   
dalụ   

How Are You?
Nasılsın?   
kedụ ka ịmere   

Good Night
İyi Geceler   
ka chi fo   

Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar   
mgbede ọma   

Good Afternoon
Tünaydın   
ehihie ọma   

Good Morning
günaydın   
ụtụtụ ọma   

Please
lütfen   
Biko   

Sorry
üzgünüm   
Ndo   

Bye
Hoşçakal   
Not Available   

I Love You
Seni seviyorum   
a hụrụ m gị n'anya   

Excuse Me
Afedersiniz   
ngọpụ   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish   
Enuani   

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey   
Nigeria   

How Many People Speak
26,000,000.00   
9
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish   
Ngwa   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   
Nigeria   

How Many People Speak
480,000.00   
29
1,500,000.00   
22

Dialect 3
Gagauz   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
140,000.00   
26
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
9   
9
20   
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
75.00 million   
23
25.00 million   
40

Speaking Population
0.95 %   
21
Not Available   

Native Speakers
60.00 million   
20
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million   
18
Not Available   

Native Name
Türkçe   
igbo   

Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch   
Ibo   

French Name
turc   
igbo   

German Name
Türkisch   
Ibo-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]   
[iɡ͡boː]   

Ethnicity
Turkish   
Igbo people   

History

Origin
c. 1350   
30th Century BC   

Language Family
Turkic Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Turkic   
Kwa   

Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)   
Standard Igbo   

Language Position
19   
17
57   
99+

Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
tr   
ig   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tur   
ibo   

ISO 639 2/B
tur   
ibo   

ISO 639 3
tur   
ibo   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1301   
nucl1417   

Linguasphere
44-AAB-a   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Agglutinative   

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Turkish and Igbo Language History

Comparison of Turkish vs Igbo language history gives us differences between origin of Turkish and Igbo language. History of Turkish language states that this language originated in c. 1350 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 Turkish and Igbo Language History.

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

Turkish vs Igbo Difficulty

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

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