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
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
Not Available
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
Not Available
Owo and Itsekiri languages
Derived From
Latin
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
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
I Love You
I love you
mo nifẹ rẹ
Excuse Me
Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara
Dialect 1
American English
Itsekiri
Where They Speak
United States of America
Nigeria
Dialect 2
Hiberno-English
Ede
Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Benin, Togo
Dialect 3
Welsh English
Ulukwumi
Where They Speak
United Kingdom
Nigeria
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
English
Yorùbá
Alternative Names
Not Available
Yariba, Yooba
French Name
anglais
yoruba
German Name
Englisch
Yoruba-Sprache
Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
Not Available
Ethnicity
Not Available
Yoruba people
Origin
5th Century AD
4 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Western Sudanic
Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard English
Yorùbá
Signed Forms
Signed English
Yoruba Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
engs
Not Available
Glottocode
stan1293
yoru1245
Linguasphere
52-ABA
No data available
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 Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where English and Yoruba greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in English and Yoruba language. English word for "Hello" is Hello or Yoruba word for "Thank You" is e dupe. Find more of such common English Greetings and Yoruba Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
English vs Yoruba Difficulty
The English vs Yoruba difficulty level basically depends on the number of English Alphabets and Yoruba Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare English and Yoruba are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in English and Yoruba, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn English is 6 weeks while to learn Yoruba time required is 30 weeks.