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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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