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Igbo vs Italian


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
1  
14

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

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa  

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

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

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
French and Portuguese Languages  
Yoruba and Hausa Languages  

Derived From
Latin  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21  
3
36  
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
8  
5

How Many Consonants
16  
6
28  
18

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
52 weeks  
18

Greetings

Hello
ciao  
kedụ  

Thank You
grazie  
dalụ  

How Are You?
Come stai?  
kedụ ka ịmere  

Good Night
buonanotte  
ka chi fo  

Good Evening
buonasera  
mgbede ọma  

Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio  
ehihie ọma  

Good Morning
buongiorno  
ụtụtụ ọma  

Please
Per Favore  
Biko  

Sorry
scusate  
Ndo  

Bye
arrivederci  
Kachifo  

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

Excuse Me
Scusami  
ngọpụ  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Romanesco  
Enuani  

Where They Speak
Lazio  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
28,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 2
Central Italian  
Ngwa  

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

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
99+
1,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Tuscan  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria  
-  

How Many People Speak
69,000,000.00  
11
24.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
15  
14
20  
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
78.00 million  
21
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
0.90 %  
23
0.09 %  
99+

Native Speakers
64.00 million  
18
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
14.00 million  
36
24.00 million  
28

Native Name
Italiano  
igbo  

Alternative Names
Italiano  
Ibo  

French Name
italien  
igbo  

German Name
Italienisch  
Ibo-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]  
[iɡ͡boː]  

Ethnicity
Italians  
Igbo people  

History

Origin
960 BC  
30th Century BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Kwa  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Italian  
Standard Igbo  

Language Position
27  
25
57  
99+

Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"  
Igbo Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
it  
ig  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ita  
ibo  

ISO 639 2/B
ita  
ibo  

ISO 639 3
ita  
ibo  

ISO 639 6
itas  
ibo  

Glottocode
ital1282  
nucl1417  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-q  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Agglutinative  

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Italian and Igbo Language History

Comparison of Italian vs Igbo language history gives us differences between origin of Italian and Igbo language. History of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 BC whereas history of Igbo language states that this language originated in 30th Century 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 Italian and Igbo Language History.

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

Italian vs Igbo Difficulty

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

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