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Galician vs Igbo


Igbo vs Galician


Countries

Countries
Galicia  
Nigeria  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Galicia  
Nigeria  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Equatorial Guinea  

Regulated By
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)  
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture  

Interesting Facts
  • In Galician language, there are no compound tenses.
  • The earliest document in Galician language was written in 1228 which was legal charter for a municipality of Galicia.
  
  • 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
Portuguese Language  
Yoruba and Hausa Languages  

Derived From
Latin  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23  
5
36  
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
8  
5

How Many Consonants
19  
9
28  
18

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
28 weeks  
9
52 weeks  
18

Greetings

Hello
Ola  
kedụ  

Thank You
Grazas  
dalụ  

How Are You?
Que tal estás?  
kedụ ka ịmere  

Good Night
Boas noites  
ka chi fo  

Good Evening
Boa tarde  
mgbede ọma  

Good Afternoon
Boa tarde  
ehihie ọma  

Good Morning
Bos días  
ụtụtụ ọma  

Please
Por favor  
Biko  

Sorry
Síntoo!  
Ndo  

Bye
Adeus  
Kachifo  

I Love You
Ámote  
a hụrụ m gị n'anya  

Excuse Me
Perdoe!  
ngọpụ  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Galician  
Enuani  

Where They Speak
East Galicia  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
2,700,000.00  
99+
28,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 2
Central Galician  
Ngwa  

Where They Speak
Central Galicia  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00  
99+
1,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Western Galician  
Not present  

Where They Speak
West Galicia  
-  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
24.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
20  
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
2.40 million  
99+
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
0.05 %  
99+
0.09 %  
99+

Native Speakers
2.40 million  
99+
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
24.00 million  
28

Native Name
Galego  
igbo  

Alternative Names
Galego, Gallego  
Ibo  

French Name
galicien  
igbo  

German Name
Galicisch  
Ibo-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ɡaˈleɣo]  
[iɡ͡boː]  

Ethnicity
Galician people  
Igbo people  

History

Origin
c. 1175  
30th Century BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
-  
Kwa  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Galician  
Standard Igbo  

Language Position
46  
99+
57  
99+

Signed Forms
Galician Sign Language  
Igbo Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
gl  
ig  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
glg  
ibo  

ISO 639 2/B
glg  
ibo  

ISO 639 3
glg  
ibo  

ISO 639 6
glg  
ibo  

Glottocode
gali1258  
nucl1417  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-ab  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Agglutinative  

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Galician and Igbo Language History

Comparison of Galician vs Igbo language history gives us differences between origin of Galician and Igbo language. History of Galician language states that this language originated in c. 1175 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 Galician and Igbo Language History.

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

Galician vs Igbo Difficulty

The Galician vs Igbo difficulty level basically depends on the number of Galician 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 Galician and Igbo are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Galician and Igbo, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Galician is 28 weeks while to learn Igbo time required is 52 weeks.

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