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Macedonian and Yoruba


Yoruba and Macedonian


Countries

Countries
Macedonia  
Benin, Nigeria  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  
Nigeria  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa  

Minority Language
Albania, Romania, Serbia  
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Regulated By
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"  
Yoruba Academy  

Interesting Facts
  • There are plenty of loan words in Macedonian language from the Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian languages.
  • The only Indo-European language that make use of the narrative mood is Macedonian language.
  
  • 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
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages  
Owo and Itsekiri languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Macedonian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200  

Alphabets
31  
13
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
12  
9

How Many Consonants
26  
16
17  
7

Scripts
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
30 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)  
Ẹ n lẹ  

Thank You
Благодарам (Blagodaram)  
e dupe  

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)  
Bawo ni o se wa  

Good Night
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)  
Kasun layọ o  

Good Evening
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)  
ka a ale  

Good Afternoon
Добар ден (Dobar den)  
e kaasan  

Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)  
e kaaro  

Please
Ве молиме (Ve molime)  
Jowo  

Sorry
жал (žal)  
binu  

Bye
Чао (Čao)  
bye  

I Love You
Те сакам (Te sakam)  
mo nifẹ rẹ  

Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)  
mo tọrọ gafara  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Torlakian  
Itsekiri  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
1.50  
99+
500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Debar  
Ede  

Where They Speak
Macedonia  
Benin, Togo  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
99+
800,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Galičnik  
Ulukwumi  

Where They Speak
Macedonia  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
2,100,000.00  
99+
10,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
28  
23
20  
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
2.50 million  
99+
30.00 million  
36

Speaking Population
0.05 %  
99+
0.42 %  
34

Native Speakers
2.50 million  
99+
28.00 million  
29

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million  
99+
30.00 million  
26

Native Name
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)  
Yorùbá  

Alternative Names
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic  
Yariba, Yooba  

French Name
macédonien  
yoruba  

German Name
Makedonisch  
Yoruba-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]  
[jòɾùbá]  

Ethnicity
Macedonians  
Yoruba people  

History

Origin
2200 BC  
4 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Western Sudanic  

Branch
Southern  
Kwa  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Macedonian  
Yorùbá  

Language Position
45  
99+
49  
99+

Signed Forms
Macedonian Sign Language  
Yoruba Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
mk  
yo  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mkd  
yor  

ISO 639 2/B
mac  
yor  

ISO 639 3
mkd  
yor  

ISO 639 6
mkd  
yor  

Glottocode
mace1250  
yoru1245  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ha  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic  
Analytic, Isolating  

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

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Macedonian and Yoruba Speaking population

Macedonian and Yoruba speaking population is one of the factors based on which Macedonian and Yoruba languages can be compared. The total count of Macedonian and Yoruba Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Macedonian language is 0.05 % 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 Macedonian and Yoruba on Macedonian vs Yoruba where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Macedonian and Yoruba Language Codes

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

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