Igbo and Dutch
Countries
Nigeria
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
National Language
Nigeria
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
South Africa
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Minority Language
Equatorial Guinea
France, Germany, Indonesia
Regulated By
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- 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.
Similar To
Yoruba and Hausa Languages
German and English Languages
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere
hoe gaat het met je?
Good Night
ka chi fo
goede Nacht
Good Evening
mgbede ọma
goedenavond
Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma
goedemiddag
Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma
goedemorgen
I Love You
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
Ik hou van jou
Dialect 1
Enuani
Gronings
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Netherlands
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
Dialect 3
Not present
Limburgian
Where They Speak
-
Belgium, Netherlands
Native Name
igbo
Nederlands
Alternative Names
Ibo
Hollands, Nederlands
French Name
igbo
néerlandais; flamand
German Name
Ibo-Sprache
Niederländisch
Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
Ethnicity
Igbo people
Dutch people
Origin
30th Century BC
AD 450-500
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
Standard Forms
Standard Igbo
Standard Dutch
Signed Forms
Igbo Sign Language
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
nucl1417
mode1257
Linguasphere
No data available
52-ACB-a
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Synthetic
All Igbo and Dutch 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 Igbo and Dutch dialects. Various dialects of Igbo and Dutch language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Igbo are spoken in different Igbo Speaking Countries whereas Dutch Dialects are spoken in different Dutch speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Igbo vs Dutch Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Igbo dialects include: Enuani, Ngwa. Dutch dialects include: Gronings , Low Saxon. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Igbo and Dutch Speaking population
Igbo and Dutch speaking population is one of the factors based on which Igbo and Dutch languages can be compared. The total count of Igbo and Dutch Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Igbo language is 0.09 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 %. 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 Igbo and Dutch on Igbo vs Dutch where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Igbo and Dutch Language Codes
Igbo and Dutch language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Igbo and Dutch Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.