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