Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Benin, Nigeria
National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Nigeria
Second Language
South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Africa
Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
Yoruba Academy
Interesting Facts
- Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
- There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
- 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
German and English Languages
Owo and Itsekiri languages
Alphabets in
Dutch-Alphabets.jpg#200
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Thank You
dankjewel
e dupe
How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?
Bawo ni o se wa
Good Night
goede Nacht
Kasun layọ o
Good Evening
goedenavond
ka a ale
Good Afternoon
goedemiddag
e kaasan
Good Morning
goedemorgen
e kaaro
I Love You
Ik hou van jou
mo nifẹ rẹ
Excuse Me
pardon
mo tọrọ gafara
Dialect 1
Gronings
Itsekiri
Where They Speak
Netherlands
Nigeria
Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
Benin, Togo
Dialect 3
Limburgian
Ulukwumi
Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands
Nigeria
Native Name
Nederlands
Yorùbá
Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands
Yariba, Yooba
French Name
néerlandais; flamand
yoruba
German Name
Niederländisch
Yoruba-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
[jòɾùbá]
Ethnicity
Dutch people
Yoruba people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Western Sudanic
Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Dutch
Yorùbá
Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Yoruba Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
mode1257
yoru1245
Linguasphere
52-ACB-a
No data available
Language Type
Historical
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Analytic, Isolating
All Dutch 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 Dutch and Yoruba dialects. Various dialects of Dutch and Yoruba language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Dutch are spoken in different Dutch Speaking Countries whereas Yoruba Dialects are spoken in different Yoruba speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Dutch vs Yoruba Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Dutch dialects include: Gronings, Low Saxon. Yoruba dialects include: Itsekiri , Ede. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Dutch and Yoruba Speaking population
Dutch and Yoruba speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dutch and Yoruba languages can be compared. The total count of Dutch and Yoruba Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 % 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 Dutch and Yoruba on Dutch vs Yoruba where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Dutch and Yoruba Language Codes
Dutch and Yoruba language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Dutch and Yoruba Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.