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Ukrainian vs Igbo


Igbo vs Ukrainian


Countries

Countries
Ukraine   
Nigeria   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Ukraine   
Nigeria   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa   

Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia   
Equatorial Guinea   

Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language   
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture   

Interesting Facts
  • Ukrainian Language is second most widespread among the Slavic languages after the Russian Language.
  • Ukrainian Language is among the top three most melodious language in the world.
  
  • 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
Russian and Belarusian Languages   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
36   
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
8   
5

How Many Consonants
22   
12
28   
18

Scripts
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
52 weeks   
12

Greetings

Hello
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)   
kedụ   

Thank You
Дякую (Dyakuyu)   
dalụ   

How Are You?
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)   
kedụ ka ịmere   

Good Night
На добраніч (Na dobranič)   
ka chi fo   

Good Evening
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)   
mgbede ọma   

Good Afternoon
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)   
ehihie ọma   

Good Morning
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)   
ụtụtụ ọma   

Please
будь ласк   
Biko   

Sorry
вибачте (vybachte)   
Ndo   

Bye
до побачення (do pobachennya)   
Not Available   

I Love You
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)   
a hụrụ m gị n'anya   

Excuse Me
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)   
ngọpụ   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Podillian   
Enuani   

Where They Speak
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia   
Nigeria   

Dialect 2
Volynian   
Ngwa   

Where They Speak
Rivne, Volyn   
Nigeria   

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

Dialect 3
Steppe   
Not present   

Where They Speak
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
15   
14
20   
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
39.00 million   
32
25.00 million   
40

Speaking Population
0.46 %   
30
Not Available   

Native Speakers
39.00 million   
25
25.00 million   
32

Native Name
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)   
igbo   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Ibo   

French Name
ukrainien   
igbo   

German Name
Ukrainisch   
Ibo-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]   
[iɡ͡boː]   

Ethnicity
Ukrainians   
Igbo people   

History

Origin
1561   
30th Century BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Kwa   

Branch
Eastern   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Ukrainian   
Standard Igbo   

Language Position
26   
22
57   
99+

Signed Forms
Ukrainian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
uk   
ig   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ukr   
ibo   

ISO 639 2/B
ukr   
ibo   

ISO 639 3
ukr   
ibo   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
ukra1253   
nucl1417   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Agglutinative   

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Ukrainian and Igbo Language History

Comparison of Ukrainian vs Igbo language history gives us differences between origin of Ukrainian and Igbo language. History of Ukrainian language states that this language originated in 1561 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 Ukrainian and Igbo Language History.

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

Ukrainian vs Igbo Difficulty

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

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