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Igbo vs Turkish


Turkish vs Igbo


Countries

Countries
Nigeria   
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
11   
5

National Language
Nigeria   
Turkey   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Equatorial Guinea   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania   

Regulated By
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture   
Turkish Language Association   

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.
  
  • Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
  • Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Azerbaijani Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36   
18
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
8   
5

How Many Consonants
28   
18
21   
11

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
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
kedụ   
Merhaba   

Thank You
dalụ   
teşekkür ederim   

How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere   
Nasılsın?   

Good Night
ka chi fo   
İyi Geceler   

Good Evening
mgbede ọma   
İyi Akşamlar   

Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma   
Tünaydın   

Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma   
günaydın   

Please
Biko   
lütfen   

Sorry
Ndo   
üzgünüm   

Bye
Not Available   
Hoşçakal   

I Love You
a hụrụ m gị n'anya   
Seni seviyorum   

Excuse Me
ngọpụ   
Afedersiniz   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Enuani   
Azerbaijani Turkish   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
26,000,000.00   
9

Dialect 2
Ngwa   
Crimean Turkish   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00   
22
480,000.00   
29

Dialect 3
Not present   
Gagauz   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
140,000.00   
26

Total No. Of Dialects
20   
18
9   
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million   
40
75.00 million   
23

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.95 %   
21

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
60.00 million   
20

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
15.00 million   
18

Native Name
igbo   
Türkçe   

Alternative Names
Ibo   
Anatolian, Türkisch   

French Name
igbo   
turc   

German Name
Ibo-Sprache   
Türkisch   

Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]   
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]   

Ethnicity
Igbo people   
Turkish   

History

Origin
30th Century BC   
c. 1350   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Turkic Family   

Subgroup
Kwa   
Turkic   

Branch
Not Available   
Southwestern(Oghuz)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish   

Standard Forms
Standard Igbo   
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)   

Language Position
57   
99+
19   
17

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Turkish Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ig   
tr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ibo   
tur   

ISO 639 2/B
ibo   
tur   

ISO 639 3
ibo   
tur   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1417   
nucl1301   

Linguasphere
No data available   
44-AAB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Synthetic   

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Igbo and Turkish Language History

Comparison of Igbo vs Turkish language history gives us differences between origin of Igbo and Turkish language. History of Igbo language states that this language originated in 30th Century BC whereas history of Turkish language states that this language originated in c. 1350. 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 Turkish Language History.

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

Igbo vs Turkish Difficulty

The Igbo vs Turkish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Igbo Alphabets and Turkish 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 Turkish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Igbo and Turkish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Igbo is 52 weeks while to learn Turkish time required is 44 weeks.

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