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
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 in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
Bye
Not Available
au revoir
I Love You
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
Je t'aime
Excuse Me
ngọpụ
Excuse Moi
Dialect 1
Enuani
Quebec French
Where They Speak
Nigeria
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Ngwa
African French
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Africa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Not present
Swiss French
Where They Speak
Not Available
Northeast France, Switzerland
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
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
Origin
30th Century BC
9th Century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Old French, Middle French and French
Standard Forms
Standard Igbo
Standard French
Signed Forms
Not Available
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
fras
Glottocode
nucl1417
stan1290
Linguasphere
No data available
51-AAA-i
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Fusional, Synthetic
Igbo and French 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 Igbo and French greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Igbo and French language. Igbo word for "Hello" is kedụ or French word for "Thank You" is Merci. Find more of such common Igbo Greetings and French Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Igbo vs French Difficulty
The Igbo vs French difficulty level basically depends on the number of Igbo Alphabets and French 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 Igbo and French are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Igbo and French, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Igbo is 52 weeks while to learn French time required is 24 weeks.