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Igbo and Swedish


Swedish and Igbo


Countries

Countries
Nigeria  
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

National Language
Nigeria  
Sweden  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Finland  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Antartica, Europe  

Minority Language
Equatorial Guinea  
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Regulated By
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture  
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council  

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 Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  

Similar To
Yoruba and Hausa Languages  
Norwegian and Danish Language  

Derived From
-  
Old Norse Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Igbo-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
36  
18
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
9  
6

How Many Consonants
28  
18
18  
8

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  
hej  

Thank You
dalụ  
tacka dig  

How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere  
hur mår du  

Good Night
ka chi fo  
godnatt  

Good Evening
mgbede ọma  
god kväll  

Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma  
god eftermiddag  

Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma  
god morgon  

Please
Biko  
vänligen  

Sorry
Ndo  
ledsen  

Bye
Kachifo  
hej då  

I Love You
a hụrụ m gị n'anya  
jag älskar dig  

Excuse Me
ngọpụ  
ursäkta mig  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Enuani  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Gabon  

How Many People Speak
28,000,000.00  
24
78,000,000.00  
9

Dialect 2
Ngwa  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Georgia  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
78,000,000.00  
7

Dialect 3
Not present  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
-  
France  

How Many People Speak
24.00  
99+
96,000,000.00  
5

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
79  
33

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million  
40
15.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.09 %  
99+
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
8.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
24.00 million  
28
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
igbo  
Svenska  

Alternative Names
Ibo  
Ruotsi, Svenska  

French Name
igbo  
suédois  

German Name
Ibo-Sprache  
Schwedisch  

Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]  
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]  

Ethnicity
Igbo people  
Swedes, Finland Swedes  

History

Origin
30th Century BC  
13th Century  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Kwa  
Germanic  

Branch
-  
Northern (Scandinavian)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Swedish  

Standard Forms
Standard Igbo  
Standard Swedish  

Language Position
57  
99+
89  
99+

Signed Forms
Igbo Sign Language  
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ig  
sv  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ibo  
swe  

ISO 639 2/B
ibo  
swe  

ISO 639 3
ibo  
swe  

ISO 639 6
ibo  
swe  

Glottocode
nucl1417  
swed1254  

Linguasphere
No data available  
52-AAA-ck to -cw  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
-  

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

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Igbo and Swedish Speaking population

Igbo and Swedish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Igbo and Swedish languages can be compared. The total count of Igbo and Swedish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Igbo language is 0.09 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Swedish language is 0.13 %. 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 Swedish on Igbo vs Swedish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Igbo and Swedish Language Codes

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

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