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Countries

Countries

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

132
0 46
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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

Equatorial Guinea
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam

Regulated By

Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française

Interesting Facts

  • 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.
  • 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

Yoruba and Hausa Languages
Italian Language

Derived From

-
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3626
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

86
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2820
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

36
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

52 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

kedụ
bonjour

Thank You

dalụ
Merci

How Are You?

kedụ ka ịmere
Comment allez-vous?

Good Night

ka chi fo
bonne Nuit

Good Evening

mgbede ọma
bonsoir

Good Afternoon

ehihie ọma
bon Après-Midi

Good Morning

ụtụtụ ọma
Bonjour

Please

Biko
S'il vous plaît

Sorry

Ndo
désolé

Bye

Kachifo
au revoir

I Love You

a hụrụ m gị n'anya
Je t'aime

Excuse Me

ngọpụ
Excuse Moi

Dialects

Dialect 1

Enuani
Quebec French

Where They Speak

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

How Many People Speak

28,000,000.006,200,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Ngwa
African French

Where They Speak

Nigeria
Africa

How Many People Speak

1,500,000.00274,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Not present
Swiss French

Where They Speak

-
Northeast France, Switzerland

How Many People Speak

24.001,800,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

2025
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

25.00 million163.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.09 %1.12 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

25.00 million76.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

24.00 million87.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

igbo
français

Alternative Names

Ibo
Français

French Name

igbo
français

German Name

Ibo-Sprache
Französisch

Pronunciation

[iɡ͡boː]
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]

Ethnicity

Igbo people
French people

History

Origin

30th Century BC
9th Century

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Kwa
Romance

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Old French, Middle French and French

Standard Forms

Standard Igbo
Standard French

Language Position

5713
1 120
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Signed Forms

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

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ig
fr

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ibo
fra

ISO 639 2/B

ibo
fre

ISO 639 3

ibo
fra

ISO 639 6

ibo
fras

Glottocode

nucl1417
stan1290

Linguasphere

No data available
51-AAA-i

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

-
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Agglutinative
Fusional, Synthetic

Igbo and French Alphabets

Igbo and French Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Igbo and French. In Igbo Alphabets there are 36 letters while in French Alphabets there are 26 letters. To learn Igbo and French languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Igbo and French languages. The Igbo phonology consist Igbo vowels and Igbo consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Igbo greetings vs French greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Igbo and French are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Igbo and French Speaking population

Igbo and French speaking population is one of the factors based on which Igbo and French languages can be compared. The total count of Igbo and French Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Igbo language is 0.09 % whereas the percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 %. 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 Igbo and French on Igbo vs French where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Igbo and French Language Codes

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