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Igbo and Portuguese


Countries

Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe  
Nigeria  

Total No. Of Countries
10  
6
1  
14

National Language
Portugal  
Nigeria  

Second Language
United States of America  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America  
Africa  

Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America  
Equatorial Guinea  

Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras  
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture  

Interesting Facts
  • Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
  • The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
  
  • 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
Spanish and Galician Languages  
Yoruba and Hausa Languages  

Derived From
Latin  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23  
5
36  
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
8  
5

How Many Consonants
19  
9
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
Olá  
kedụ  

Thank You
obrigado  
dalụ  

How Are You?
Como você está?  
kedụ ka ịmere  

Good Night
boa noite  
ka chi fo  

Good Evening
boa Noite  
mgbede ọma  

Good Afternoon
boa Tarde  
ehihie ọma  

Good Morning
bom Dia  
ụtụtụ ọma  

Please
Por Favor  
Biko  

Sorry
pesaroso  
Ndo  

Bye
tchau  
Kachifo  

I Love You
Eu te amo  
a hụrụ m gị n'anya  

Excuse Me
desculpe me  
ngọpụ  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese  
Enuani  

Where They Speak
Brazil  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00  
5
28,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 2
European Portuguese  
Ngwa  

Where They Speak
Portugal  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
37
1,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Daman and Diu  
-  

How Many People Speak
4,000.00  
99+
24.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
26  
22
20  
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
231.00 million  
7
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
3.27 %  
7
0.09 %  
99+

Native Speakers
216.00 million  
5
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
34
24.00 million  
28

Native Name
Português  
igbo  

Alternative Names
Português  
Ibo  

French Name
portugais  
igbo  

German Name
Portugiesisch  
Ibo-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]  
[iɡ͡boː]  

Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses  
Igbo people  

History

Origin
3rd Century  
30th Century BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Kwa  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Portuguese  
Standard Igbo  

Language Position
6  
6
57  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese  
Igbo Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
pt  
ig  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
por  
ibo  

ISO 639 2/B
por  
ibo  

ISO 639 3
por  
ibo  

ISO 639 6
por  
ibo  

Glottocode
port1283  
nucl1417  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Agglutinative  

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All Portuguese and Igbo Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Portuguese and Igbo dialects. Various dialects of Portuguese and Igbo language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Portuguese are spoken in different Portuguese Speaking Countries whereas Igbo Dialects are spoken in different Igbo speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Portuguese vs Igbo Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Portuguese dialects include: Brazilian Portuguese, European Portuguese. Igbo dialects include: Enuani , Ngwa. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Portuguese and Igbo Speaking population

Portuguese and Igbo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Portuguese and Igbo languages can be compared. The total count of Portuguese and Igbo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Portuguese language is 3.27 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Igbo language is 0.09 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Portuguese and Igbo on Portuguese vs Igbo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Portuguese and Igbo Language Codes

Portuguese and Igbo language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Portuguese and Igbo Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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