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Swedish and Igbo


Igbo and Swedish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden  
Nigeria  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
1  
14

National Language
Sweden  
Nigeria  

Second Language
Finland  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Antartica, Europe  
Africa  

Minority Language
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Equatorial Guinea  

Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council  
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture  

Interesting Facts
  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
  • 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
Norwegian and Danish Language  
Yoruba and Hausa Languages  

Derived From
Old Norse Language  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200  
Igbo-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
29  
11
36  
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
8  
5

How Many Consonants
18  
8
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
hej  
kedụ  

Thank You
tacka dig  
dalụ  

How Are You?
hur mår du  
kedụ ka ịmere  

Good Night
godnatt  
ka chi fo  

Good Evening
god kväll  
mgbede ọma  

Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag  
ehihie ọma  

Good Morning
god morgon  
ụtụtụ ọma  

Please
vänligen  
Biko  

Sorry
ledsen  
Ndo  

Bye
hej då  
Kachifo  

I Love You
jag älskar dig  
a hụrụ m gị n'anya  

Excuse Me
ursäkta mig  
ngọpụ  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dialects  
Enuani  

Where They Speak
Gabon  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00  
9
28,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 2
Dialects  
Ngwa  

Where They Speak
Georgia  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00  
7
1,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Dialects  
Not present  

Where They Speak
France  
-  

How Many People Speak
96,000,000.00  
5
24.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
79  
33
20  
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
15.00 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
5.00 million  
99+
24.00 million  
28

Native Name
Svenska  
igbo  

Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska  
Ibo  

French Name
suédois  
igbo  

German Name
Schwedisch  
Ibo-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]  
[iɡ͡boː]  

Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes  
Igbo people  

History

Origin
13th Century  
30th Century BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Kwa  

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Swedish  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Swedish  
Standard Igbo  

Language Position
89  
99+
57  
99+

Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")  
Igbo Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sv  
ig  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
swe  
ibo  

ISO 639 2/B
swe  
ibo  

ISO 639 3
swe  
ibo  

ISO 639 6
swe  
ibo  

Glottocode
swed1254  
nucl1417  

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

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Swedish and Igbo Speaking population

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

Swedish and Igbo Language Codes

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

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