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Igbo and German


German and Igbo


Countries

Countries
Nigeria   
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
7   
8

National Language
Nigeria   
Germany   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
North Dakota, United States of America   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Europe   

Minority Language
Equatorial Guinea   
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia   

Regulated By
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture   
Council for German Orthography   

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.
  
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Albanian Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36   
18
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
10   
7

How Many Consonants
28   
18
9   
1

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks   
12
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
kedụ   
hallo   

Thank You
dalụ   
Danke   

How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere   
Wie geht es dir?   

Good Night
ka chi fo   
gute Nacht   

Good Evening
mgbede ọma   
guten Abend   

Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma   
guten Tag   

Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma   
guten Morgen   

Please
Biko   
bitte   

Sorry
Ndo   
Verzeihung   

Bye
Not Available   
Tschüs   

I Love You
a hụrụ m gị n'anya   
Ich liebe dich   

Excuse Me
ngọpụ   
Entschuldigung   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Enuani   
Swiss German   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
Switzerland   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
4,500,000.00   
18

Dialect 2
Ngwa   
Swabian German   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
Germany   

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00   
22
820,000.00   
26

Dialect 3
Not present   
Texas German   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Texas   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
6,000.00   
35

Total No. Of Dialects
20   
18
28   
23

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million   
40
229.00 million   
8

Speaking Population
Not Available   
1.39 %   
12

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
101.00 million   
10

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
128.00 million   
5

Native Name
igbo   
Deutsch   

Alternative Names
Ibo   
Deutsch, Tedesco   

French Name
igbo   
allemand   

German Name
Ibo-Sprache   
Deutsch   

Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]   
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]   

Ethnicity
Igbo people   
Germans   

History

Origin
30th Century BC   
6th Century AD   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Kwa   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Igbo   
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German   

Language Position
57   
99+
9   
9

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed German   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ig   
de   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ibo   
deu   

ISO 639 2/B
ibo   
ger   

ISO 639 3
ibo   
deu   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
deus   

Glottocode
nucl1417   
high1287, uppe1397   

Linguasphere
No data available   
52-ACB–dl & -dm   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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All Igbo and German 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 German dialects. Various dialects of Igbo and German language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Igbo are spoken in different Igbo Speaking Countries whereas German Dialects are spoken in different German speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Igbo vs German Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Igbo dialects include: Enuani, Ngwa. German dialects include: Swiss German , Swabian German. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Igbo and German Speaking population

Igbo and German speaking population is one of the factors based on which Igbo and German languages can be compared. The total count of Igbo and German Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Igbo language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 %. 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 German on Igbo vs German where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Igbo and German Language Codes

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

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