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Yoruba vs French


French vs Yoruba


Countries

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   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
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
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

Alphabets in
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200   
French-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
29   
11
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
6   
3

How Many Consonants
17   
7
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
30 weeks   
9
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Ẹ n lẹ   
bonjour   

Thank You
e dupe   
Merci   

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   

Sorry
binu   
désolé   

Bye
bye   
au revoir   

I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ   
Je t'aime   

Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara   
Excuse Moi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Itsekiri   
Quebec French   

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

How Many People Speak
500,000.00   
34
6,200,000.00   
15

Dialect 2
Ede   
African French   

Where They Speak
Benin, Togo   
Africa   

How Many People Speak
800,000.00   
27
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi   
Swiss French   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
Northeast France, Switzerland   

How Many People Speak
10,000.00   
34
1,800,000.00   
16

Total No. Of Dialects
20   
18
25   
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million   
36
163.00 million   
11

Speaking Population
0.42 %   
32
1.12 %   
17

Native Speakers
28.00 million   
29
76.00 million   
13

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
87.00 million   
11

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   

History

Origin
4 BC   
9th Century   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Western Sudanic   
Romance   

Branch
Kwa   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Yorùbá   
Standard French   

Language Position
49   
36
13   
12

Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language   
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
yo   
fr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
yor   
fra   

ISO 639 2/B
yor   
fre   

ISO 639 3
yor   
fra   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
fras   

Glottocode
yoru1245   
stan1290   

Linguasphere
No data available   
51-AAA-i   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Yoruba and French Language History

Comparison of Yoruba vs French language history gives us differences between origin of Yoruba and French language. History of Yoruba language states that this language originated in 4 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 Yoruba and French Language History.

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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.

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