Countries
Indonesia
Benin, Nigeria
Total No. Of Countries
12
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National Language
Indonesia
Nigeria
Second Language
East Timor, Indonesia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
Regulated By
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
Yoruba Academy
Interesting Facts
- The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
- In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
- 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
Malay language
Owo and Itsekiri languages
Derived From
Malay and Dutch Languages
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