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Countries

Countries

Nigeria
Cyprus, European Union, Greece

Total No. Of Countries

13
0 46
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National Language

Nigeria
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Roman Empire

Speaking Continents

Africa
Asia, Europe

Minority Language

Equatorial Guinea
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine

Regulated By

Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)

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.
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.

Similar To

Yoruba and Hausa Languages
Armenian

Derived From

-
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3624
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

87
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2817
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Arabic, Latin

Writing Direction

-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

36
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

52 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

kedụ
γεια σας (geia sas)

Thank You

dalụ
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)

How Are You?

kedụ ka ịmere
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)

Good Night

ka chi fo
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)

Good Evening

mgbede ọma
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)

Good Afternoon

ehihie ọma
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)

Good Morning

ụtụtụ ọma
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)

Please

Biko
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)

Sorry

Ndo
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)

Bye

Kachifo
αντίο (antío)

I Love You

a hụrụ m gị n'anya
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)

Excuse Me

ngọpụ
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Enuani
Cappadocian Greek

Where They Speak

Nigeria
Greece

How Many People Speak

28,000,000.002,800.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Ngwa
Griko

Where They Speak

Nigeria
Italy

How Many People Speak

1,500,000.0050,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Not present
Mariupol

Where They Speak

-
Ukraine

How Many People Speak

24.0013,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

2025
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

25.00 million13.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.09 %0.18 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

25.00 million13.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

24.00 million13.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

igbo
ελληνικά

Alternative Names

Ibo
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic

French Name

igbo
grec moderne (après 1453)

German Name

Ibo-Sprache
Neugriechisch

Pronunciation

[iɡ͡boː]
[eliniˈka]

Ethnicity

Igbo people
Greeks or Hellenes

History

Origin

30th Century BC
1500 BC

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Kwa
Hellenic

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek

Standard Forms

Standard Igbo
Modern Greek

Language Position

5774
1 120
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Signed Forms

Igbo Sign Language
Greek Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ig
el

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ibo
ell

ISO 639 2/B

ibo
gre

ISO 639 3

ibo
ell

ISO 639 6

ibo
ells

Glottocode

nucl1417
gree1276

Linguasphere

No data available
56-AAA-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

-
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Agglutinative
Fusional, Synthetic

Igbo and Greek Alphabets

Igbo and Greek Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Igbo and Greek. In Igbo Alphabets there are 36 letters while in Greek Alphabets there are 24 letters. To learn Igbo and Greek languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Igbo and Greek languages. The Igbo phonology consist Igbo vowels and Igbo consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Igbo greetings vs Greek greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Igbo and Greek are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Igbo and Greek Speaking population

Igbo and Greek speaking population is one of the factors based on which Igbo and Greek languages can be compared. The total count of Igbo and Greek Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Igbo language is 0.09 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 %. 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 Greek on Igbo vs Greek where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Igbo and Greek Language Codes

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