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Countries

Countries

Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council
Nigeria

Total No. Of Countries

51
0 46
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National Language

Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland
Nigeria

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Europe, North America, South America
Africa

Minority Language

Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America
Equatorial Guinea

Regulated By

Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture

Interesting Facts

  • Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are mutually intelligible, that means if u learn Danish is almost like learning three languages in one.
  • There are 9 vowels in Danish language, which can be pronounced in 16 different ways.
  • 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 Swedish
Yoruba and Hausa Languages

Derived From

Old Norse Language
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2936
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

208
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2028
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

33
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

24 weeks52 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Hallo
kedụ

Thank You

Mange tak
dalụ

How Are You?

Hvordan har du det?
kedụ ka ịmere

Good Night

God nat
ka chi fo

Good Evening

God aften
mgbede ọma

Good Afternoon

God eftermiddag
ehihie ọma

Good Morning

God morgen
ụtụtụ ọma

Please

Please
Biko

Sorry

Undskyld!
Ndo

Bye

Farvel
Kachifo

I Love You

Jeg elsker dig
a hụrụ m gị n'anya

Excuse Me

Undskyld mig
ngọpụ

Dialects

Dialect 1

Scanian
Enuani

Where They Speak

Sweden
Nigeria

How Many People Speak

80,000.0028,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Jutlandic
Ngwa

Where They Speak

Denmark
Nigeria

How Many People Speak

6,000,000.001,500,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Bornholmsk
Not present

Where They Speak

Island of Bornholm
-

How Many People Speak

6,000,000.0024.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

420
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

5.50 million25.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.07 %0.09 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

5.50 million25.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

6.00 million24.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

dansk
igbo

Alternative Names

Dansk, Rigsdansk
Ibo

French Name

danois
igbo

German Name

Dänisch
Ibo-Sprache

Pronunciation

[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]
[iɡ͡boː]

Ethnicity

Danish people or Danes
Igbo people

History

Origin

c. 1100 AD
30th Century BC

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

-
Kwa

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Danish, Early Modern Danish
No early forms

Standard Forms

Rigsdansk
Standard Igbo

Language Position

1857
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Danish
Igbo Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

da
ig

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

dan
ibo

ISO 639 2/B

dan
ibo

ISO 639 3

dan
ibo

ISO 639 6

dan
ibo

Glottocode

dani1284
nucl1417

Linguasphere

5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology

Fusional
Agglutinative

Danish and Igbo Alphabets

Danish and Igbo Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Danish and Igbo. In Danish Alphabets there are 29 letters while in Igbo Alphabets there are 36 letters. To learn Danish and Igbo languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Danish and Igbo languages. The Danish phonology consist Danish vowels and Danish consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Danish greetings vs Igbo greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Danish and Igbo are Most Spoken Languages.

All Danish and Igbo Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Danish and Igbo dialects. Various dialects of Danish and Igbo language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Danish are spoken in different Danish Speaking Countries whereas Igbo Dialects are spoken in different Igbo speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Danish vs Igbo Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Danish dialects include: Scanian, Jutlandic. Igbo dialects include: Enuani , Ngwa. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Danish and Igbo Speaking population

Danish and Igbo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Danish and Igbo languages can be compared. The total count of Danish and Igbo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Danish language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Igbo language is 0.09 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Danish and Igbo on Danish vs Igbo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Danish and Igbo Language Codes

Danish and Igbo language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Danish and Igbo Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.