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Slovak vs Igbo


Igbo vs Slovak


Countries

Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia  
Nigeria  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
1  
14

National Language
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia  
Nigeria  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa  

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine  
Equatorial Guinea  

Regulated By
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic  
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture  

Interesting Facts
  • Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
  • Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  
  • 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
Czech Language  
Yoruba and Hausa Languages  

Derived From
Czech-Slovak Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
46  
26
36  
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15  
12
8  
5

How Many Consonants
38  
27
28  
18

Scripts
Latin  
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
Ahoj  
kedụ  

Thank You
Ďakujem vám  
dalụ  

How Are You?
Ako sa máte?  
kedụ ka ịmere  

Good Night
Dobrú noc  
ka chi fo  

Good Evening
Dobrý večer  
mgbede ọma  

Good Afternoon
Dobré popoludnie  
ehihie ọma  

Good Morning
Dobré ráno  
ụtụtụ ọma  

Please
Prosím  
Biko  

Sorry
Pardón!  
Ndo  

Bye
Dovidenia  
Kachifo  

I Love You
Ľúbim Ťa  
a hụrụ m gị n'anya  

Excuse Me
Prepáčte!  
ngọpụ  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Slovak  
Enuani  

Where They Speak
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
5,500,000.00  
99+
28,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 2
Central Slovak  
Ngwa  

Where They Speak
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec  
Nigeria  

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

Dialect 3
Western Slovak  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie  
-  

How Many People Speak
5,500,000.00  
37
24.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
20  
18

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.14 %  
99+
0.09 %  
99+

Native Speakers
5.20 million  
99+
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million  
99+
24.00 million  
28

Native Name
slovenčina  
igbo  

Alternative Names
Slovakian, Slovencina  
Ibo  

French Name
slovaque  
igbo  

German Name
Slowakisch  
Ibo-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ˈsləʊvæk]  
[iɡ͡boː]  

Ethnicity
Slovaks  
Igbo people  

History

Origin
6th Century  
30th Century BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Kwa  

Branch
Western  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Slavic  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Slovak  
Standard Igbo  

Language Position
27  
25
57  
99+

Signed Forms
Slovak Sign Language  
Igbo Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sk  
ig  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
slk  
ibo  

ISO 639 2/B
slo  
ibo  

ISO 639 3
slk  
ibo  

ISO 639 6
slk  
ibo  

Glottocode
slov1269  
nucl1417  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-db  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Agglutinative  

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Slovak and Igbo Language History

Comparison of Slovak vs Igbo language history gives us differences between origin of Slovak and Igbo language. History of Slovak language states that this language originated in 6th Century 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 Slovak and Igbo Language History.

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

Slovak vs Igbo Difficulty

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

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