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Spanish and Igbo


Countries

Countries
Nigeria  
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
46  
1

National Language
Nigeria  
Spain  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America  

Minority Language
Equatorial Guinea  
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom  

Regulated By
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture  
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española  

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 world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  

Similar To
Yoruba and Hausa Languages  
French Language  

Derived From
-  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36  
18
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
5  
2

How Many Consonants
28  
18
22  
12

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks  
18
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
kedụ  
hola  

Thank You
dalụ  
Gracias  

How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere  
Cómo estás?  

Good Night
ka chi fo  
Buenas Noches  

Good Evening
mgbede ọma  
Bonne soirée  

Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma  
Buenas Tardes  

Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma  
Buenos Días  

Please
Biko  
Por Favor  

Sorry
Ndo  
triste  

Bye
Kachifo  
adiós  

I Love You
a hụrụ m gị n'anya  
Te Quiero  

Excuse Me
ngọpụ  
Discúlpeme  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Enuani  
Mexican Spanish  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Mexico  

How Many People Speak
28,000,000.00  
24
105,000,000.00  
6

Dialect 2
Ngwa  
Cuban Spanish  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Cuba  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
11,000,000.00  
35

Dialect 3
Not present  
Puerto Rican Spanish  

Where They Speak
-  
Puerto Rico  

How Many People Speak
24.00  
99+
3,900,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
21  
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million  
40
489.00 million  
3

Speaking Population
0.09 %  
99+
6.15 %  
3

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
410.00 million  
2

Second Language Speakers
24.00 million  
28
89.50 million  
9

Native Name
igbo  
Español  

Alternative Names
Ibo  
Castellano, Castilian, Español  

French Name
igbo  
espagnol; castillan  

German Name
Ibo-Sprache  
Spanisch  

Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]  
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]  

Ethnicity
Igbo people  
Spanish people  

History

Origin
30th Century BC  
210 BC  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Kwa  
Romance  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Spanish and Spanish  

Standard Forms
Standard Igbo  
Pluricentric Standard Spanish  

Language Position
57  
99+
2  
2

Signed Forms
Igbo Sign Language  
Signed Spanish  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ig  
es  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ibo  
spa  

ISO 639 2/B
ibo  
spa  

ISO 639 3
ibo  
spa  

ISO 639 6
ibo  
spa  

Glottocode
nucl1417  
stan1288  

Linguasphere
No data available  
51-AAA-b  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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

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Igbo and Spanish Speaking population

Igbo and Spanish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Igbo and Spanish languages can be compared. The total count of Igbo and Spanish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Igbo language is 0.09 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Spanish language is 6.15 %. 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 Spanish on Igbo vs Spanish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Igbo and Spanish Language Codes

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

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