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Igbo vs Italian


Italian vs Igbo


Countries

Countries
Nigeria   
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
7   
8

National Language
Nigeria   
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Europe   

Minority Language
Equatorial Guinea   
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia   

Regulated By
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture   
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)   

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 most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
French and Portuguese Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36   
18
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
5   
2

How Many Consonants
28   
18
16   
6

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks   
12
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
kedụ   
ciao   

Thank You
dalụ   
grazie   

How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere   
Come stai?   

Good Night
ka chi fo   
buonanotte   

Good Evening
mgbede ọma   
buonasera   

Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma   
buon pomeriggio   

Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma   
buongiorno   

Please
Biko   
Per Favore   

Sorry
Ndo   
scusate   

Bye
Not Available   
arrivederci   

I Love You
a hụrụ m gị n'anya   
Ti amo   

Excuse Me
ngọpụ   
Scusami   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Enuani   
Romanesco   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
Lazio   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
3,000,000.00   
21

Dialect 2
Ngwa   
Central Italian   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria   

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00   
22
5,000,000.00   
14

Dialect 3
Not present   
Tuscan   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria   

Total No. Of Dialects
20   
18
15   
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million   
40
78.00 million   
21

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.90 %   
22

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
64.00 million   
18

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
14.00 million   
20

Native Name
igbo   
Italiano   

Alternative Names
Ibo   
Italiano   

French Name
igbo   
italien   

German Name
Ibo-Sprache   
Italienisch   

Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]   
[itaˈljaːno]   

Ethnicity
Igbo people   
Italians   

History

Origin
30th Century BC   
960 BC   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Kwa   
Romance   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Igbo   
Italian   

Language Position
57   
99+
27   
23

Signed Forms
Not Available   
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ig   
it   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ibo   
ita   

ISO 639 2/B
ibo   
ita   

ISO 639 3
ibo   
ita   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
itas   

Glottocode
nucl1417   
ital1282   

Linguasphere
No data available   
51-AAA-q   

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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Igbo and Italian Language History

Comparison of Igbo vs Italian language history gives us differences between origin of Igbo and Italian language. History of Igbo language states that this language originated in 30th Century BC whereas history of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 BC. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Igbo and Italian Language History.

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Igbo and Italian Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Igbo and Italian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Igbo and Italian language. Igbo word for "Hello" is kedụ or Italian word for "Thank You" is grazie. Find more of such common Igbo Greetings and Italian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Igbo vs Italian Difficulty

The Igbo vs Italian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Igbo Alphabets and Italian Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Igbo and Italian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Igbo and Italian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Igbo is 52 weeks while to learn Italian time required is 24 weeks.

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