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
Benin, 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
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
Yoruba Academy
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.
- One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
- In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.
Similar To
Italian Language
Owo and Itsekiri languages
Derived From
Latin
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?
Bawo ni o se wa
Good Night
bonne Nuit
Kasun layọ o
Good Evening
bonsoir
ka a ale
Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi
e kaasan
Good Morning
Bonjour
e kaaro
Please
S'il vous plaît
Jowo
I Love You
Je t'aime
mo nifẹ rẹ
Excuse Me
Excuse Moi
mo tọrọ gafara
Dialect 1
Quebec French
Itsekiri
Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
Nigeria
Dialect 2
African French
Ede
Where They Speak
Africa
Benin, Togo
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Swiss French
Ulukwumi
Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland
Nigeria
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
français
Yorùbá
Alternative Names
Français
Yariba, Yooba
French Name
français
yoruba
German Name
Französisch
Yoruba-Sprache
Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Not Available
Yoruba people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Romance
Western Sudanic
Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard French
Yorùbá
Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Yoruba Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
fras
Not Available
Glottocode
stan1290
yoru1245
Linguasphere
51-AAA-i
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Analytic, Isolating
French and Yoruba 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 Yoruba greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in French and Yoruba language. French word for "Hello" is bonjour or Yoruba word for "Thank You" is e dupe. Find more of such common French Greetings and Yoruba Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
French vs Yoruba Difficulty
The French vs Yoruba difficulty level basically depends on the number of French Alphabets and Yoruba 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 Yoruba are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in French and Yoruba, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn French is 24 weeks while to learn Yoruba time required is 30 weeks.