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Igbo and Russian


Russian and Igbo


Countries

Countries
Nigeria   
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
4   
11

National Language
Nigeria   
Russia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Afganistan   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Equatorial Guinea   
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   

Regulated By
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture   
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences   

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.
  
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36   
18
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
10   
7

How Many Consonants
28   
18
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Cyrillic   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks   
12
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
kedụ   
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)   

Thank You
dalụ   
спасибо(spasibo)   

How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere   
Как дела? (Kak dela?)   

Good Night
ka chi fo   
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)   

Good Evening
mgbede ọma   
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)   

Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma   
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')   

Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma   
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)   

Please
Biko   
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)   

Sorry
Ndo   
Извините(Izvinite)   

Bye
Not Available   
до свидания(do svidaniya)   

I Love You
a hụrụ m gị n'anya   
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)   

Excuse Me
ngọpụ   
извините(izvinite)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Enuani   
Doukhobor Russian   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
30,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Ngwa   
Olonets   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
Olonets   

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00   
22
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Not present   
Novgorod   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Novgorod   

Total No. Of Dialects
20   
18
13   
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million   
40
276.00 million   
6

Speaking Population
Not Available   
2.33 %   
9

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
166.00 million   
8

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
110.00 million   
7

Native Name
igbo   
Русский   

Alternative Names
Ibo   
Russki   

French Name
igbo   
russe   

German Name
Ibo-Sprache   
Russisch   

Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]   
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]   

Ethnicity
Igbo people   
Russians   

History

Origin
30th Century BC   
1000 AD   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family   

Subgroup
Kwa   
Slavic   

Branch
Not Available   
Eastern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old East Slavic   

Standard Forms
Standard Igbo   
Standard Russian   

Language Position
57   
99+
7   
7

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Russian   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ig   
ru   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ibo   
rus   

ISO 639 2/B
ibo   
rus   

ISO 639 3
ibo   
rus   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1417   
russ1263   

Linguasphere
No data available   
53-AAA-ea   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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

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Igbo and Russian Speaking population

Igbo and Russian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Igbo and Russian languages can be compared. The total count of Igbo and Russian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Igbo language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 %. 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 Russian on Igbo vs Russian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Igbo and Russian Language Codes

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

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