Igbo and Finnish
Countries
Nigeria
European Union, Finland
National Language
Nigeria
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Estonia
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Equatorial Guinea
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden
Regulated By
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
Institute for the Languages of Finland
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.
- Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
- In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
Similar To
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Estonian and Livonian Languages
Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Finnish-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere
Mitä kuuluu?
Good Night
ka chi fo
hyvää yötä
Good Evening
mgbede ọma
Hyvää iltaa
Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma
Hyvää iltapäivää
Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma
Hyvää huomenta
I Love You
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
Minä rakastan sinua
Dialect 1
Enuani
Colloquial Finnish
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Finland
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Finland, Rauma
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Not present
Meänkieli
Where They Speak
Not Available
Finland, Sweden
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
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Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
igbo
suomi / suomen kieli
Alternative Names
Ibo
Suomi
German Name
Ibo-Sprache
Finnisch
Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]
[ˈsuomi]
Ethnicity
Igbo people
ethnic Finns
Origin
30th Century BC
1543
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Uralic Family
Branch
Not Available
Finnic
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Finnic language
Standard Forms
Standard Igbo
standard Finnish
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Finnish
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
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Glottocode
nucl1417
finn1318
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Agglutinative, Synthetic
All Igbo and Finnish 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 Finnish dialects. Various dialects of Igbo and Finnish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Igbo are spoken in different Igbo Speaking Countries whereas Finnish Dialects are spoken in different Finnish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Igbo vs Finnish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Igbo dialects include: Enuani, Ngwa. Finnish dialects include: Colloquial Finnish , Rauma. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Igbo and Finnish Speaking population
Igbo and Finnish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Igbo and Finnish languages can be compared. The total count of Igbo and Finnish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Igbo language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Finnish language is Not Available. 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 Finnish on Igbo vs Finnish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Igbo and Finnish Language Codes
Igbo and Finnish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Igbo and Finnish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.