Countries
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Benin, Nigeria
National Language
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Nigeria
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
Yoruba Academy
Interesting Facts
- Arabic is 5th common language in world.
- Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
- 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
Amharic and Hebrew
Owo and Itsekiri languages
Alphabets in
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Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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How Are You?
كيف حالك؟
Bawo ni o se wa
Good Night
تصبح على خير
Kasun layọ o
Good Evening
مساء الخير
ka a ale
Good Afternoon
مساء الخير
e kaasan
Good Morning
صباح الخير
e kaaro
I Love You
أحبك
mo nifẹ rẹ
Excuse Me
اعذرني
mo tọrọ gafara
Dialect 1
Maghrebi
Itsekiri
Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
Nigeria
Where They Speak
Sudan
Benin, Togo
Dialect 3
Levantine
Ulukwumi
Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant
Nigeria
Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية
Yorùbá
Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
Yariba, Yooba
German Name
Arabisch
Yoruba-Sprache
Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
[jòɾùbá]
Ethnicity
Arabs
Yoruba people
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Western Sudanic
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic
Yorùbá
Signed Forms
Signed Arabic
Yoruba Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
Glottocode
arab1395
yoru1245
Linguasphere
12-AAC
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Analytic, Isolating
All Arabic 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 Arabic and Yoruba dialects. Various dialects of Arabic and Yoruba language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Arabic are spoken in different Arabic Speaking Countries whereas Yoruba Dialects are spoken in different Yoruba speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Arabic vs Yoruba Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Arabic dialects include: Maghrebi, Sudanese. Yoruba dialects include: Itsekiri , Ede. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Arabic and Yoruba Speaking population
Arabic and Yoruba speaking population is one of the factors based on which Arabic and Yoruba languages can be compared. The total count of Arabic and Yoruba Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 % 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 Arabic and Yoruba on Arabic vs Yoruba where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Arabic and Yoruba Language Codes
Arabic and Yoruba language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Arabic and Yoruba Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.