Countries
Countries
Nigeria
Benin, Nigeria
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Gambia, Nigeria
Nigeria
Second Language
Nigeria
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa
Minority Language
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
Regulated By
-
Yoruba Academy
Interesting Facts
- Hausa language is the most important and the best known of the Chadic branch.
- There are about one-fourth of Hausa words come from Arabic.
- 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
Yoruba and Igbo Languages
Owo and Itsekiri languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4429
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1212
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3217
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks30 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Greetings
Hello
sannu
Ẹ n lẹ
Thank You
gode ku
e dupe
How Are You?
yaya dai
Bawo ni o se wa
Good Night
mai kyau dare
Kasun layọ o
Good Evening
barka da yamma
ka a ale
Good Afternoon
barka da rana
e kaasan
Good Morning
mai kyau safe
e kaaro
Please
Don Allah
Jowo
Sorry
yi hakuri
binu
Bye
sai anjima
bye
I Love You
Ina son ku
mo nifẹ rẹ
Excuse Me
gafara dai
mo tọrọ gafara
Dialects
Dialect 1
Gaananci
Itsekiri
Where They Speak
Ghana
Nigeria
How Many People Speak
50,000,000.00500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Kurhwayanci
Ede
Where They Speak
Niger
Benin, Togo
How Many People Speak
150,000,000.00800,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Daragaram
Ulukwumi
Where They Speak
Niger
Nigeria
How Many People Speak
50.0010,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
2020
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
50.00 million30.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.52 %0.42 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
35.00 million28.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
15.00 million30.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
Yorùbá
Alternative Names
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
Yariba, Yooba
French Name
haoussa
yoruba
German Name
Haussa-Sprache
Yoruba-Sprache
Pronunciation
[hàʊsà]
[jòɾùbá]
Ethnicity
Hausa–Fulani people
Yoruba people
History
Origin
14
4 BC
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Chadic
Western Sudanic
Branch
-
Kwa
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Hausa
Yorùbá
Language Position
3449
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Hausa
Yoruba Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
ha
yo
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
hau
yor
ISO 639 2/B
hau
yor
ISO 639 3
hau
yor
ISO 639 6
hau
yor
Glottocode
haus1257
yoru1245
Linguasphere
19-HAA-b
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Analytic, Isolating