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Igbo and Vietnamese


Countries

Countries
Vietnam  
Nigeria  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Vietnam  
Nigeria  

Second Language
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
Czech Republic  
Equatorial Guinea  

Regulated By
-  
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture  

Interesting Facts
  • The vocabulary of Vietnamese language is influenced by Chinese Language.
  • The only language in East Asia that uses the Latin alphabet is Vietnamese.
  
  • 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
Chinese Language  
Yoruba and Hausa Languages  

Derived From
Chinese Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
37  
19
36  
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
8  
5

How Many Consonants
21  
11
28  
18

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
52 weeks  
18

Greetings

Hello
Xin chào  
kedụ  

Thank You
Cam on  
dalụ  

How Are You?
Bạn khỏe không?  
kedụ ka ịmere  

Good Night
Chúc ngủ ngon  
ka chi fo  

Good Evening
Chào buổi tối  
mgbede ọma  

Good Afternoon
Chào buổi trưa  
ehihie ọma  

Good Morning
Chào buổi sáng  
ụtụtụ ọma  

Please
xin vui lòng  
Biko  

Sorry
Xin lỗi  
Ndo  

Bye
Tạm biệt  
Kachifo  

I Love You
tôi yêu bạn  
a hụrụ m gị n'anya  

Excuse Me
Xin loi  
ngọpụ  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese  
Enuani  

Where They Speak
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
76,000,000.00  
11
28,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese  
Ngwa  

Where They Speak
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
76,000,000.00  
9
1,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien  
-  

How Many People Speak
76,000,000.00  
8
24.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
20  
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
91.00 million  
16
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
1.14 %  
17
0.09 %  
99+

Native Speakers
75.00 million  
14
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
33
24.00 million  
28

Native Name
tiếng việt (㗂越)  
igbo  

Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet  
Ibo  

French Name
vietnamien  
igbo  

German Name
Vietnamesisch  
Ibo-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern) [tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)  
[iɡ͡boː]  

Ethnicity
Vietnamese (Kinh) people  
Igbo people  

History

Origin
c. 1440  
30th Century BC  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
-  
Kwa  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Vietnamese  
Standard Igbo  

Language Position
14  
13
57  
99+

Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages  
Igbo Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
vi  
ig  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
vie  
ibo  

ISO 639 2/B
vie  
ibo  

ISO 639 3
vie  
ibo  

ISO 639 6
vie  
ibo  

Glottocode
viet1252  
nucl1417  

Linguasphere
46-EBA  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Agglutinative  

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

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Vietnamese and Igbo Speaking population

Vietnamese and Igbo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Vietnamese and Igbo languages can be compared. The total count of Vietnamese and Igbo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Vietnamese language is 1.14 % 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 Vietnamese and Igbo on Vietnamese vs Igbo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Vietnamese and Igbo Language Codes

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

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