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Countries

Countries

Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Benin, Nigeria

Total No. Of Countries

332
0 46
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National Language

Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Nigeria

Second Language

India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Africa

Minority Language

South Africa
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America

Regulated By

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Yoruba Academy

Interesting Facts

  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  • 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

Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages
Owo and Itsekiri languages

Derived From

Latin
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2629
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

512
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2117
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

73
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

6 weeks30 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Hello
Ẹ n lẹ

Thank You

Thank you
e dupe

How Are You?

How are you?
Bawo ni o se wa

Good Night

Good Night
Kasun layọ o

Good Evening

Good Evening
ka a ale

Good Afternoon

Good Afternoon
e kaasan

Good Morning

Good Morning
e kaaro

Please

Please
Jowo

Sorry

Sorry
binu

Bye

Bye
bye

I Love You

I love you
mo nifẹ rẹ

Excuse Me

Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara

Dialects

Dialect 1

American English
Itsekiri

Where They Speak

United States of America
Nigeria

How Many People Speak

225,000,000.00500,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Hiberno-English
Ede

Where They Speak

Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Benin, Togo

How Many People Speak

4,500,000.00800,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Welsh English
Ulukwumi

Where They Speak

United Kingdom
Nigeria

How Many People Speak

2,500,000.0010,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

18820
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

1,200.00 million30.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

5.43 %0.42 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

400.00 million28.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

400.00 million30.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

English
Yorùbá

Alternative Names

English
Yariba, Yooba

French Name

anglais
yoruba

German Name

Englisch
Yoruba-Sprache

Pronunciation

/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
[jòɾùbá]

Ethnicity

English people
Yoruba people

History

Origin

5th Century AD
4 BC

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

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Western Sudanic

Branch

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Kwa

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
No early forms

Standard Forms

Standard English
Yorùbá

Language Position

349
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed English
Yoruba Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

en
yo

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

eng
yor

ISO 639 2/B

eng
yor

ISO 639 3

eng
yor

ISO 639 6

engs
yor

Glottocode

stan1293
yoru1245

Linguasphere

52-ABA
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Analytic, Isolating

English and Yoruba Alphabets

English and Yoruba Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in English and Yoruba. In English Alphabets there are 26 letters while in Yoruba Alphabets there are 29 letters. To learn English and Yoruba languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of English and Yoruba languages. The English phonology consist English vowels and English consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at English greetings vs Yoruba greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether English and Yoruba are Most Spoken Languages.

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

English and Yoruba Speaking population

English and Yoruba speaking population is one of the factors based on which English and Yoruba languages can be compared. The total count of English and Yoruba Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 % 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 English and Yoruba on English vs Yoruba where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

English and Yoruba Language Codes

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