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Igbo vs Turkish


Countries

Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey  
Nigeria  

Total No. Of Countries
11  
5
1  
14

National Language
Turkey  
Nigeria  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Africa  

Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania  
Equatorial Guinea  

Regulated By
Turkish Language Association  
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture  

Interesting Facts
  • Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
  • Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  
  • 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
Azerbaijani Language  
Yoruba and Hausa Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
36  
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
8  
5

How Many Consonants
21  
11
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
Merhaba  
kedụ  

Thank You
teşekkür ederim  
dalụ  

How Are You?
Nasılsın?  
kedụ ka ịmere  

Good Night
İyi Geceler  
ka chi fo  

Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar  
mgbede ọma  

Good Afternoon
Tünaydın  
ehihie ọma  

Good Morning
günaydın  
ụtụtụ ọma  

Please
lütfen  
Biko  

Sorry
üzgünüm  
Ndo  

Bye
Hoşçakal  
Kachifo  

I Love You
Seni seviyorum  
a hụrụ m gị n'anya  

Excuse Me
Afedersiniz  
ngọpụ  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish  
Enuani  

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
26,000,000.00  
25
28,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish  
Ngwa  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
480,000.00  
99+
1,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Gagauz  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine  
-  

How Many People Speak
140,000.00  
99+
24.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
20  
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
75.00 million  
23
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
0.95 %  
22
0.09 %  
99+

Native Speakers
60.00 million  
20
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
34
24.00 million  
28

Native Name
Türkçe  
igbo  

Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch  
Ibo  

French Name
turc  
igbo  

German Name
Türkisch  
Ibo-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]  
[iɡ͡boː]  

Ethnicity
Turkish  
Igbo people  

History

Origin
c. 1350  
30th Century BC  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Turkic  
Kwa  

Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)  
Standard Igbo  

Language Position
19  
17
57  
99+

Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language  
Igbo Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
tr  
ig  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tur  
ibo  

ISO 639 2/B
tur  
ibo  

ISO 639 3
tur  
ibo  

ISO 639 6
tur  
ibo  

Glottocode
nucl1301  
nucl1417  

Linguasphere
44-AAB-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Agglutinative  

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Turkish and Igbo Language History

Comparison of Turkish vs Igbo language history gives us differences between origin of Turkish and Igbo language. History of Turkish language states that this language originated in c. 1350 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 Turkish and Igbo Language History.

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

Turkish vs Igbo Difficulty

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

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