Countries
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
Nigeria
National Language
France
Nigeria
Second Language
Africa, Canada
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
Africa
Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
Equatorial Guinea
Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
Interesting Facts
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
- 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.
Similar To
Italian Language
Yoruba and Hausa Languages
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?
kedụ ka ịmere
Good Night
bonne Nuit
ka chi fo
Good Evening
bonsoir
mgbede ọma
Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi
ehihie ọma
Good Morning
Bonjour
ụtụtụ ọma
Please
S'il vous plaît
Biko
I Love You
Je t'aime
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
Excuse Me
Excuse Moi
ngọpụ
Dialect 1
Quebec French
Enuani
Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
Nigeria
Dialect 2
African French
Ngwa
Where They Speak
Africa
Nigeria
Dialect 3
Swiss French
Not present
Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland
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Native Name
français
igbo
Alternative Names
Français
Ibo
French Name
français
igbo
German Name
Französisch
Ibo-Sprache
Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
[iɡ͡boː]
Ethnicity
French people
Igbo people
Origin
9th Century
30th Century BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard French
Standard Igbo
Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Igbo Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
stan1290
nucl1417
Linguasphere
51-AAA-i
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Agglutinative
All French and Igbo 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 French and Igbo dialects. Various dialects of French and Igbo language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of French are spoken in different French Speaking Countries whereas Igbo Dialects are spoken in different Igbo speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking French vs Igbo Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the French dialects include: Quebec French, African French. Igbo dialects include: Enuani , Ngwa. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
French and Igbo Speaking population
French and Igbo speaking population is one of the factors based on which French and Igbo languages can be compared. The total count of French and Igbo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Igbo language is 0.09 %. 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 French and Igbo on French vs Igbo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
French and Igbo Language Codes
French and Igbo language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. French and Igbo Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.