Countries
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
Nigeria
National Language
France
Nigeria
Second Language
Africa, Canada
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
Africa
Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
Equatorial Guinea
Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
Interesting Facts
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
- 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
Italian Language
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Derived From
Latin
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?
kedụ ka ịmere
Good Night
bonne Nuit
ka chi fo
Good Evening
bonsoir
mgbede ọma
Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi
ehihie ọma
Good Morning
Bonjour
ụtụtụ ọma
Please
S'il vous plaît
Biko
Bye
au revoir
Not Available
I Love You
Je t'aime
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
Excuse Me
Excuse Moi
ngọpụ
Dialect 1
Quebec French
Enuani
Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
Nigeria
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
African French
Ngwa
Where They Speak
Africa
Nigeria
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Swiss French
Not present
Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
français
igbo
Alternative Names
Français
Ibo
French Name
français
igbo
German Name
Französisch
Ibo-Sprache
Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
[iɡ͡boː]
Ethnicity
Not Available
Igbo people
Origin
9th Century
30th Century BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard French
Standard Igbo
Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
fras
Not Available
Glottocode
stan1290
nucl1417
Linguasphere
51-AAA-i
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Agglutinative
French 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 French and Igbo greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in French and Igbo language. French word for "Hello" is bonjour or Igbo word for "Thank You" is dalụ. Find more of such common French Greetings and Igbo Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
French vs Igbo Difficulty
The French vs Igbo difficulty level basically depends on the number of French 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 French and Igbo are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in French and Igbo, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn French is 24 weeks while to learn Igbo time required is 52 weeks.