Countries
Nigeria
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Total No. Of Countries
15
0
46
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National Language
Nigeria
North Korea, South Korea
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Equatorial Guinea
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Regulated By
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
The National Institute of the Korean Language
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.
- Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
- Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
Similar To
Yoruba and Hausa Languages
Chinese and Japanese languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3640
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
821
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2819
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Hangul
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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Hello
kedụ
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Thank You
dalụ
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Good Night
ka chi fo
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Good Evening
mgbede ọma
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Please
Biko
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Sorry
Ndo
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Bye
Kachifo
안녕 (annyeong)
I Love You
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Excuse Me
ngọpụ
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Dialect 1
Enuani
Jeju
Where They Speak
Nigeria
South Korea
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.0010,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Ngwa
Gyeongsang
Where They Speak
Nigeria
South Korea
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.0010,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Not present
Hamgyŏng
Where They Speak
-
China, North Korea
How Many People Speak
24.0077,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
2012
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million77.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.09 %1.14 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million77.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
24.00 million77.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
igbo
한국어 (조선말)
Alternative Names
Ibo
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
French Name
igbo
coréen
German Name
Ibo-Sprache
Koreanisch
Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]
[hangukmal]
Ethnicity
Igbo people
Koreans
Origin
30th Century BC
Before 1st century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Koreanic Family
Subgroup
Kwa
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Standard Forms
Standard Igbo
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Language Position
5712
1
120
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Signed Forms
Igbo Sign Language
Korean Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ig
ko
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ibo
kor
ISO 639 2/B
ibo
kor
ISO 639 3
ibo
Kor
ISO 639 6
ibo
kor
Glottocode
nucl1417
kore1280
Linguasphere
No data available
45-AAA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Agglutinative