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Igbo vs French


French vs 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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Igbo and French Language History

Comparison of Igbo vs French language history gives us differences between origin of Igbo and French language. History of Igbo language states that this language originated in 30th Century BC whereas history of French language states that this language originated in 9th Century. 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 Igbo and French Language History.

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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.

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