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Countries

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
Benin, Nigeria

Total No. Of Countries

322
0 46
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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
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America

Regulated By

Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
Yoruba Academy

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.
  • 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.

Similar To

Italian Language
Owo and Itsekiri languages

Derived From

Latin
-

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2629
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

612
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2017
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

63
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

24 weeks30 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

bonjour
Ẹ n lẹ

Thank You

Merci
e dupe

How Are You?

Comment allez-vous?
Bawo ni o se wa

Good Night

bonne Nuit
Kasun layọ o

Good Evening

bonsoir
ka a ale

Good Afternoon

bon Après-Midi
e kaasan

Good Morning

Bonjour
e kaaro

Please

S'il vous plaît
Jowo

Sorry

désolé
binu

Bye

au revoir
bye

I Love You

Je t'aime
mo nifẹ rẹ

Excuse Me

Excuse Moi
mo tọrọ gafara

Dialects

Dialect 1

Quebec French
Itsekiri

Where They Speak

New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
Nigeria

How Many People Speak

6,200,000.00500,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

African French
Ede

Where They Speak

Africa
Benin, Togo

How Many People Speak

274,000,000.00800,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Swiss French
Ulukwumi

Where They Speak

Northeast France, Switzerland
Nigeria

How Many People Speak

1,800,000.0010,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

2520
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

163.00 million30.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

1.12 %0.42 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

76.00 million28.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

87.00 million30.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

français
Yorùbá

Alternative Names

Français
Yariba, Yooba

French Name

français
yoruba

German Name

Französisch
Yoruba-Sprache

Pronunciation

[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
[jòɾùbá]

Ethnicity

French people
Yoruba people

History

Origin

9th Century
4 BC

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

Romance
Western Sudanic

Branch

-
Kwa

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old French, Middle French and French
No early forms

Standard Forms

Standard French
Yorùbá

Language Position

1349
1 120
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Signed Forms

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

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

fr
yo

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

fra
yor

ISO 639 2/B

fre
yor

ISO 639 3

fra
yor

ISO 639 6

fras
yor

Glottocode

stan1290
yoru1245

Linguasphere

51-AAA-i
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
Analytic, Isolating

French and Yoruba Alphabets

French and Yoruba Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in French and Yoruba. In French Alphabets there are 26 letters while in Yoruba Alphabets there are 29 letters. To learn French and Yoruba languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of French and Yoruba languages. The French phonology consist French vowels and French consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at French greetings vs Yoruba greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether French and Yoruba are Most Spoken Languages.

All French and Yoruba 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 Yoruba dialects. Various dialects of French and Yoruba language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of French are spoken in different French Speaking Countries whereas Yoruba Dialects are spoken in different Yoruba speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking French vs Yoruba Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the French dialects include: Quebec French, African French. Yoruba dialects include: Itsekiri , Ede. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

French and Yoruba Speaking population

French and Yoruba speaking population is one of the factors based on which French and Yoruba languages can be compared. The total count of French and Yoruba Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 %. 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 Yoruba on French vs Yoruba where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

French and Yoruba Language Codes

French and Yoruba language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. French and Yoruba Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.