Countries
Nigeria
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
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
Not Available
Armenian
Derived From
Not Available
Latin
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Latin
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
Not Available
αντίο (antío)
I Love You
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Excuse Me
ngọpụ
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Dialect 1
Enuani
Cappadocian Greek
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Greece
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Italy
Dialect 3
Not present
Mariupol
Where They Speak
Not Available
Ukraine
Speaking Population
Not Available
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
Origin
30th Century BC
1500 BC
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Standard Forms
Standard Igbo
Modern Greek
Signed Forms
Not Available
Greek Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
ells
Glottocode
nucl1417
gree1276
Linguasphere
No data available
56-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Fusional, Synthetic
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 Not Available 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.