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Vietnamese vs Igbo


Igbo vs Vietnamese


Countries

Countries
Vietnam   
Nigeria   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Vietnam   
Nigeria   

Second Language
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa   

Minority Language
Czech Republic   
Equatorial Guinea   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture   

Interesting Facts
  • The vocabulary of Vietnamese language is influenced by Chinese Language.
  • The only language in East Asia that uses the Latin alphabet is Vietnamese.
  
  • 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
Chinese Language   
Not Available   

Derived From
Chinese Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
37   
19
36   
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
8   
5

How Many Consonants
21   
11
28   
18

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
52 weeks   
12

Greetings

Hello
Xin chào   
kedụ   

Thank You
Cam on   
dalụ   

How Are You?
Bạn khỏe không?   
kedụ ka ịmere   

Good Night
Chúc ngủ ngon   
ka chi fo   

Good Evening
Chào buổi tối   
mgbede ọma   

Good Afternoon
Chào buổi trưa   
ehihie ọma   

Good Morning
Chào buổi sáng   
ụtụtụ ọma   

Please
xin vui lòng   
Biko   

Sorry
Xin lỗi   
Ndo   

Bye
Tạm biệt   
Not Available   

I Love You
tôi yêu bạn   
a hụrụ m gị n'anya   

Excuse Me
Xin loi   
ngọpụ   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese   
Enuani   

Where They Speak
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac   
Nigeria   

Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese   
Ngwa   

Where They Speak
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa   
Nigeria   

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

Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
20   
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
91.00 million   
16
25.00 million   
40

Speaking Population
1.14 %   
16
Not Available   

Native Speakers
75.00 million   
14
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million   
17
Not Available   

Native Name
tiếng việt (㗂越)   
igbo   

Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet   
Ibo   

French Name
vietnamien   
igbo   

German Name
Vietnamesisch   
Ibo-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern) [tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)   
[iɡ͡boː]   

Ethnicity
Vietnamese (Kinh) people   
Igbo people   

History

Origin
c. 1440   
30th Century BC   

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Kwa   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Vietnamese   
Standard Igbo   

Language Position
14   
13
57   
99+

Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
vi   
ig   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
vie   
ibo   

ISO 639 2/B
vie   
ibo   

ISO 639 3
vie   
ibo   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
viet1252   
nucl1417   

Linguasphere
46-EBA   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Agglutinative   

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Vietnamese and Igbo Language History

Comparison of Vietnamese vs Igbo language history gives us differences between origin of Vietnamese and Igbo language. History of Vietnamese language states that this language originated in c. 1440 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 Vietnamese and Igbo Language History.

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

Vietnamese vs Igbo Difficulty

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

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