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Igbo vs French


Countries

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  

Total No. Of Countries
32  
3
1  
14

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  
Not Available  

Derived From
Latin  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
36  
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
8  
5

How Many Consonants
20  
10
28  
18

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
52 weeks  
12

Greetings

Hello
bonjour  
kedụ  

Thank You
Merci  
dalụ  

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  

Sorry
désolé  
Ndo  

Bye
au revoir  
Not Available  

I Love You
Je t'aime  
a hụrụ m gị n'anya  

Excuse Me
Excuse Moi  
ngọpụ  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Quebec French  
Enuani  

Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00  
15
Not Available  

Dialect 2
African French  
Ngwa  

Where They Speak
Africa  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
1,500,000.00  
22

Dialect 3
Swiss French  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland  
Not Available  

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00  
16
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
20  
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million  
11
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
1.12 %  
17
Not Available  

Native Speakers
76.00 million  
13
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
87.00 million  
11
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  

History

Origin
9th Century  
30th Century BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Kwa  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard French  
Standard Igbo  

Language Position
13  
12
57  
99+

Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
fr  
ig  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fra  
ibo  

ISO 639 2/B
fre  
ibo  

ISO 639 3
fra  
ibo  

ISO 639 6
fras  
Not Available  

Glottocode
stan1290  
nucl1417  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-i  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Agglutinative  

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French and Igbo Language History

Comparison of French vs Igbo language history gives us differences between origin of French and Igbo language. History of French language states that this language originated in 9th Century 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 French and Igbo Language History.

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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.

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