Dutch and Igbo
Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Nigeria
National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Nigeria
Second Language
South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Africa
Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia
Equatorial Guinea
Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
Interesting Facts
- Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
- There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
- 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
German and English Languages
Yoruba and Hausa Languages
Alphabets in
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Igbo-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?
kedụ ka ịmere
Good Night
goede Nacht
ka chi fo
Good Evening
goedenavond
mgbede ọma
Good Afternoon
goedemiddag
ehihie ọma
Good Morning
goedemorgen
ụtụtụ ọma
I Love You
Ik hou van jou
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
Dialect 1
Gronings
Enuani
Where They Speak
Netherlands
Nigeria
Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
Nigeria
Dialect 3
Limburgian
Not present
Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands
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Native Name
Nederlands
igbo
Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands
Ibo
French Name
néerlandais; flamand
igbo
German Name
Niederländisch
Ibo-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
[iɡ͡boː]
Ethnicity
Dutch people
Igbo people
Origin
AD 450-500
30th Century BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Dutch
Standard Igbo
Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Igbo Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
mode1257
nucl1417
Linguasphere
52-ACB-a
No data available
Language Type
Historical
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Agglutinative
All Dutch 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 Dutch and Igbo dialects. Various dialects of Dutch and Igbo language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Dutch are spoken in different Dutch Speaking Countries whereas Igbo Dialects are spoken in different Igbo speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Dutch vs Igbo Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Dutch dialects include: Gronings, Low Saxon. Igbo dialects include: Enuani , Ngwa. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Dutch and Igbo Speaking population
Dutch and Igbo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dutch and Igbo languages can be compared. The total count of Dutch and Igbo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 % 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 Dutch and Igbo on Dutch vs Igbo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Dutch and Igbo Language Codes
Dutch and Igbo language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Dutch and Igbo Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.