Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
Benin, Nigeria
Total No. Of Countries
32
0
46
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National Language
Malaysia
Nigeria
Second Language
Indonesia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Thailand
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
Yoruba Academy
Interesting Facts
- One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
- 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
Indonesian Language
Owo and Itsekiri languages
Derived From
Tamil Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2629
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
612
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2417
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hai
Ẹ n lẹ
Thank You
terima kasih
e dupe
How Are You?
Apa khabar?
Bawo ni o se wa
Good Night
Selamat Malam
Kasun layọ o
Good Evening
Selamat Petang
ka a ale
Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari
e kaasan
Good Morning
Selamat pagi
e kaaro
Please
sila
Jowo
Sorry
maaf
binu
Bye
Selamat tinggal
bye
I Love You
Saya sayang kamu
mo nifẹ rẹ
Excuse Me
Maafkan saya
mo tọrọ gafara
Dialect 1
Bengkulu
Itsekiri
Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
Nigeria
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Pekal
Ede
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Benin, Togo
How Many People Speak
30,000.00800,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Musi
Ulukwumi
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Nigeria
How Many People Speak
3,100,000.0010,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
2420
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
175.00 million30.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.16 %0.42 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
77.00 million28.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
98.00 million30.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Bahasa melayu
Yorùbá
Alternative Names
Bahasa Malaysia
Yariba, Yooba
French Name
malais
yoruba
German Name
Malaiisch
Yoruba-Sprache
Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
[jòɾùbá]
Ethnicity
Malaysian people
Yoruba people
Origin
c. 683 AD
4 BC
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
-
Western Sudanic
Branch
-
Kwa
Language Forms
Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
No early forms
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay
Yorùbá
Language Position
5449
1
120
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Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language
Yoruba Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ms
yo
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
msa
yor
ISO 639 2/B
may
yor
ISO 639 3
zsm
yor
ISO 639 6
may
yor
Glottocode
stan1306
yoru1245
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Analytic, Isolating