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Serbian and Igbo


Igbo and Serbian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia  
Nigeria  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
1  
14

National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia  
Nigeria  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa  

Minority Language
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia  
Equatorial Guinea  

Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language  
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture  

Interesting Facts
  • Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
  • Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  
  • 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
Bosnian and Croatian Languages  
Yoruba and Hausa Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
36  
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
8  
5

How Many Consonants
25  
15
28  
18

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
52 weeks  
18

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)  
kedụ  

Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)  
dalụ  

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)  
kedụ ka ịmere  

Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)  
ka chi fo  

Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)  
mgbede ọma  

Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)  
ehihie ọma  

Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)  
ụtụtụ ọma  

Please
Молим (Molim)  
Biko  

Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)  
Ndo  

Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)  
Kachifo  

I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)  
a hụrụ m gị n'anya  

Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)  
ngọpụ  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok  
Enuani  

Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
12,000,000.00  
35
28,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac  
Ngwa  

Where They Speak
Serbia  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
12,000,000.00  
34
1,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Torlakian  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  
-  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
24.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
20  
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.70 million  
99+
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.09 %  
99+

Native Speakers
8.70 million  
99+
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
12.00 million  
38
24.00 million  
28

Native Name
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)  
igbo  

Alternative Names
Montenegrin  
Ibo  

French Name
serbe  
igbo  

German Name
Serbisch  
Ibo-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]  
[iɡ͡boː]  

Ethnicity
Serbs  
Igbo people  

History

Origin
11th Century  
30th Century BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
-  
Kwa  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Serbian  
Standard Igbo  

Language Position
44  
99+
57  
99+

Signed Forms
Srpski Znakovni Jezik (SZJ)  
Igbo Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sr  
ig  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
srp  
ibo  

ISO 639 2/B
srp  
ibo  

ISO 639 3
srp  
ibo  

ISO 639 6
srp  
ibo  

Glottocode
serb1264  
nucl1417  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-g  
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 Serbian 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 Serbian and Igbo dialects. Various dialects of Serbian and Igbo language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Serbian are spoken in different Serbian Speaking Countries whereas Igbo Dialects are spoken in different Igbo speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Serbian vs Igbo Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Serbian dialects include: Prizren-Timok, Smederevo–Vršac. Igbo dialects include: Enuani , Ngwa. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Serbian and Igbo Speaking population

Serbian and Igbo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Serbian and Igbo languages can be compared. The total count of Serbian and Igbo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Serbian language is 0.13 % 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 Serbian and Igbo on Serbian vs Igbo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Serbian and Igbo Language Codes

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

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