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Yoruba vs French


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
32  
3
2  
13

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

Alphabets
26  
8
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
12  
9

How Many Consonants
20  
10
17  
7

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
30 weeks  
10

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
6,200,000.00  
99+
500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
African French  
Ede  

Where They Speak
Africa  
Benin, Togo  

How Many People Speak
274,000,000.00  
1
800,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Swiss French  
Ulukwumi  

Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00  
99+
10,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
20  
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million  
11
30.00 million  
36

Speaking Population
1.12 %  
18
0.42 %  
34

Native Speakers
76.00 million  
13
28.00 million  
29

Second Language Speakers
87.00 million  
11
30.00 million  
26

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
13  
12
49  
99+

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  

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French and Yoruba Language History

Comparison of French vs Yoruba language history gives us differences between origin of French and Yoruba language. History of French language states that this language originated in 9th Century whereas history of Yoruba language states that this language originated in 4 BC. 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 French and Yoruba Language History.

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French and Yoruba 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 French and Yoruba greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in French and Yoruba language. French word for "Hello" is bonjour or Yoruba word for "Thank You" is e dupe. Find more of such common French Greetings and Yoruba Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

French vs Yoruba Difficulty

The French vs Yoruba difficulty level basically depends on the number of French Alphabets and Yoruba 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 French and Yoruba are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in French and Yoruba, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn French is 24 weeks while to learn Yoruba time required is 30 weeks.

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