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Igbo vs Romanian


Romanian vs Igbo


Countries

Countries
Nigeria  
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
6  
9

National Language
Nigeria  
Moldova, Romania  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Kazakhstan, Russia  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Equatorial Guinea  
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture  
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li  

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.
  
  • Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
  • The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  

Similar To
Yoruba and Hausa Languages  
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.  

Derived From
-  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36  
18
31  
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
7  
4

How Many Consonants
28  
18
20  
10

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  
alo  

Thank You
dalụ  
multumesc  

How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere  
ce mai faci?  

Good Night
ka chi fo  
noapte Buna  

Good Evening
mgbede ọma  
buna Seara  

Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma  
buna Ziua  

Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma  
bună Dimineața  

Please
Biko  
Vă Rog  

Sorry
Ndo  
scuze  

Bye
Kachifo  
La revedere  

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

Excuse Me
ngọpụ  
Scuza-Ma  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Enuani  
Aromanian  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
28,000,000.00  
24
250,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Ngwa  
Megleno-Romanian  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
5,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Not present  
Istro-Romanian  

Where They Speak
-  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
24.00  
99+
1,400.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
10  
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million  
40
28.00 million  
38

Speaking Population
0.09 %  
99+
0.37 %  
37

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
24.00 million  
33

Second Language Speakers
24.00 million  
28
4.00 million  
99+

Native Name
igbo  
Română  

Alternative Names
Ibo  
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian  

French Name
igbo  
roumain; moldave  

German Name
Ibo-Sprache  
Rumänisch  

Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]  
[roˈmɨnə]  

Ethnicity
Igbo people  
Romanians  

History

Origin
30th Century BC  
1521  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Kwa  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Romanian  

Standard Forms
Standard Igbo  
Romanian  

Language Position
57  
99+
36  
33

Signed Forms
Igbo Sign Language  
Romanian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ig  
ro  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ibo  
ron  

ISO 639 2/B
ibo  
rum  

ISO 639 3
ibo  
ron  

ISO 639 6
ibo  
ron  

Glottocode
nucl1417  
roma1327  

Linguasphere
No data available  
51-AAD-c  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Synthetic  

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Igbo and Romanian Language History

Comparison of Igbo vs Romanian language history gives us differences between origin of Igbo and Romanian language. History of Igbo language states that this language originated in 30th Century BC whereas history of Romanian language states that this language originated in 1521. 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 Romanian Language History.

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Igbo and Romanian 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 Romanian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Igbo and Romanian language. Igbo word for "Hello" is kedụ or Romanian word for "Thank You" is multumesc. Find more of such common Igbo Greetings and Romanian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Igbo vs Romanian Difficulty

The Igbo vs Romanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Igbo Alphabets and Romanian 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 Romanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Igbo and Romanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Igbo is 52 weeks while to learn Romanian time required is 24 weeks.

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