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Basque and Yoruba


Yoruba and Basque


Countries

Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre  
Benin, Nigeria  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
France, Spain  
Nigeria  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Africa  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Regulated By
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee  
Yoruba Academy  

Interesting Facts
  • The Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  
  • 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
Spanish  
Owo and Itsekiri languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Basque-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200  

Alphabets
27  
9
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
12  
9

How Many Consonants
21  
11
17  
7

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
30 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
Kaixo  
Ẹ n lẹ  

Thank You
Eskerrik asko  
e dupe  

How Are You?
Zer moduz?  
Bawo ni o se wa  

Good Night
Gabon  
Kasun layọ o  

Good Evening
Arratsalde on  
ka a ale  

Good Afternoon
Arratsalde on  
e kaasan  

Good Morning
Egun on  
e kaaro  

Please
Mesedez  
Jowo  

Sorry
Barkatu  
binu  

Bye
Agur  
bye  

I Love You
Maite zaitut  
mo nifẹ rẹ  

Excuse Me
Barkatu  
mo tọrọ gafara  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian  
Itsekiri  

Where They Speak
France  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
68,000.00  
99+
500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Souletin  
Ede  

Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain  
Benin, Togo  

How Many People Speak
8,700.00  
99+
800,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Biscayan  
Ulukwumi  

Where They Speak
Spain  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
750,000.00  
99+
10,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
20  
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.20 million  
99+
30.00 million  
36

Speaking Population
0.12 %  
99+
0.42 %  
34

Native Speakers
7.20 million  
99+
28.00 million  
29

Second Language Speakers
0.70 million  
99+
30.00 million  
26

Native Name
Euskara  
Yorùbá  

Alternative Names
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense  
Yariba, Yooba  

French Name
basque  
yoruba  

German Name
Baskisch  
Yoruba-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[bɑːsk]  
[jòɾùbá]  

Ethnicity
Basque people  
Yoruba people  

History

Origin
c. 1000  
4 BC  

Language Family
Vasconic Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
-  
Western Sudanic  

Branch
-  
Kwa  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Basque  
Yorùbá  

Language Position
30  
28
49  
99+

Signed Forms
Basque Sign Language  
Yoruba Sign Language  

Scope
-  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
eu  
yo  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eus  
yor  

ISO 639 2/B
baq  
yor  

ISO 639 3
eus  
yor  

ISO 639 6
eus  
yor  

Glottocode
basq1248  
yoru1245  

Linguasphere
40-AAA-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Analytic, Isolating  

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

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Basque and Yoruba Speaking population

Basque and Yoruba speaking population is one of the factors based on which Basque and Yoruba languages can be compared. The total count of Basque and Yoruba Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Basque language is 0.12 % 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 Basque and Yoruba on Basque vs Yoruba where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Basque and Yoruba Language Codes

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

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