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French and Igbo


Countries

Countries
Nigeria   
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   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
32   
3

National Language
Nigeria   
France   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Africa, Canada   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America   

Minority Language
Equatorial Guinea   
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam   

Regulated By
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture   
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française   

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Italian Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36   
18
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
6   
3

How Many Consonants
28   
18
20   
10

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks   
12
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
kedụ   
bonjour   

Thank You
dalụ   
Merci   

How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere   
Comment allez-vous?   

Good Night
ka chi fo   
bonne Nuit   

Good Evening
mgbede ọma   
bonsoir   

Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma   
bon Après-Midi   

Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma   
Bonjour   

Please
Biko   
S'il vous plaît   

Sorry
Ndo   
désolé   

Bye
Not Available   
au revoir   

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

Excuse Me
ngọpụ   
Excuse Moi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Enuani   
Quebec French   

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

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

Dialect 2
Ngwa   
African French   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
Africa   

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

Dialect 3
Not present   
Swiss French   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Northeast France, Switzerland   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
20   
18
25   
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million   
40
163.00 million   
11

Speaking Population
Not Available   
1.12 %   
17

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
76.00 million   
13

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
87.00 million   
11

Native Name
igbo   
français   

Alternative Names
Ibo   
Français   

French Name
igbo   
français   

German Name
Ibo-Sprache   
Französisch   

Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]   
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]   

Ethnicity
Igbo people   
Not Available   

History

Origin
30th Century BC   
9th Century   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Kwa   
Romance   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Standard Igbo   
Standard French   

Language Position
57   
99+
13   
12

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

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ig   
fr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ibo   
fra   

ISO 639 2/B
ibo   
fre   

ISO 639 3
ibo   
fra   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
fras   

Glottocode
nucl1417   
stan1290   

Linguasphere
No data available   
51-AAA-i   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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

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Igbo and French Speaking population

Igbo and French speaking population is one of the factors based on which Igbo and French languages can be compared. The total count of Igbo and French Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Igbo language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 %. 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 Igbo and French on Igbo vs French where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Igbo and French Language Codes

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

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