There are so many similarities with the igbo language and japanese its mindboggling.
I'll put it this way, I have 5 siblings, all but one of their igbo names has a japanese meaning.
My name has a japanese meaning as well.
And I don't mean "it sounds like a japanese word". No I mean the exact Romaji spelling is the exact same as the spelling of our names.
However as far as speaking goes, Igbo sounds completely different than Japanese due to the fact that Igbo is a tonal language and Japanese is not.
The similarities always astounded me.
I'll put it this way, I have 5 siblings, all but one of their igbo names has a japanese meaning.
My name has a japanese meaning as well.
And I don't mean "it sounds like a japanese word". No I mean the exact Romaji spelling is the exact same as the spelling of our names.
However as far as speaking goes, Igbo sounds completely different than Japanese due to the fact that Igbo is a tonal language and Japanese is not.
The similarities always astounded me.