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Igbo vs Russian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan  
Nigeria  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
1  
14

National Language
Russia  
Nigeria  

Second Language
Afganistan  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Africa  

Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  
Equatorial Guinea  

Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences  
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture  

Interesting Facts
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  
  • 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
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages  
Yoruba and Hausa Languages  

Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
36  
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
8  
5

How Many Consonants
21  
11
28  
18

Scripts
Cyrillic  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
52 weeks  
18

Greetings

Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)  
kedụ  

Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)  
dalụ  

How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)  
kedụ ka ịmere  

Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)  
ka chi fo  

Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)  
mgbede ọma  

Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')  
ehihie ọma  

Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)  
ụtụtụ ọma  

Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)  
Biko  

Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)  
Ndo  

Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)  
Kachifo  

I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)  
a hụrụ m gị n'anya  

Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)  
ngọpụ  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian  
Enuani  

Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
28,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 2
Olonets  
Ngwa  

Where They Speak
Olonets  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
154,000,000.00  
2
1,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Novgorod  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Novgorod  
-  

How Many People Speak
154,000,000.00  
2
24.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
13  
13
20  
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
276.00 million  
6
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
2.33 %  
9
0.09 %  
99+

Native Speakers
166.00 million  
8
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million  
7
24.00 million  
28

Native Name
Русский  
igbo  

Alternative Names
Russki  
Ibo  

French Name
russe  
igbo  

German Name
Russisch  
Ibo-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]  
[iɡ͡boː]  

Ethnicity
Russians  
Igbo people  

History

Origin
1000 AD  
30th Century BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Kwa  

Branch
Eastern  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Russian  
Standard Igbo  

Language Position
7  
7
57  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Russian  
Igbo Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ru  
ig  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
rus  
ibo  

ISO 639 2/B
rus  
ibo  

ISO 639 3
rus  
ibo  

ISO 639 6
rus  
ibo  

Glottocode
russ1263  
nucl1417  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea  
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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Russian and Igbo Language History

Comparison of Russian vs Igbo language history gives us differences between origin of Russian and Igbo language. History of Russian language states that this language originated in 1000 AD 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 Russian and Igbo Language History.

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

Russian vs Igbo Difficulty

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

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