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Serbian and Yoruba


Yoruba and Serbian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia  
Benin, Nigeria  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
2  
13

National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia  
Nigeria  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa  

Minority Language
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia  
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language  
Yoruba Academy  

Interesting Facts
  • Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
  • Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  
  • 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
Bosnian and Croatian Languages  
Owo and Itsekiri languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
12  
9

How Many Consonants
25  
15
17  
7

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
30 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)  
Ẹ n lẹ  

Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)  
e dupe  

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

Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)  
Kasun layọ o  

Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)  
ka a ale  

Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)  
e kaasan  

Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)  
e kaaro  

Please
Молим (Molim)  
Jowo  

Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)  
binu  

Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)  
bye  

I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)  
mo nifẹ rẹ  

Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)  
mo tọrọ gafara  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok  
Itsekiri  

Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
12,000,000.00  
35
500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac  
Ede  

Where They Speak
Serbia  
Benin, Togo  

How Many People Speak
12,000,000.00  
34
800,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Torlakian  
Ulukwumi  

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

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
10,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
20  
18

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.42 %  
34

Native Speakers
8.70 million  
99+
28.00 million  
29

Second Language Speakers
12.00 million  
38
30.00 million  
26

Native Name
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)  
Yorùbá  

Alternative Names
Montenegrin  
Yariba, Yooba  

French Name
serbe  
yoruba  

German Name
Serbisch  
Yoruba-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]  
[jòɾùbá]  

Ethnicity
Serbs  
Yoruba people  

History

Origin
11th Century  
4 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
-  
Western Sudanic  

Branch
-  
Kwa  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Serbian  
Yorùbá  

Language Position
44  
99+
49  
99+

Signed Forms
Srpski Znakovni Jezik (SZJ)  
Yoruba Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sr  
yo  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
srp  
yor  

ISO 639 2/B
srp  
yor  

ISO 639 3
srp  
yor  

ISO 639 6
srp  
yor  

Glottocode
serb1264  
yoru1245  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-g  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Analytic, Isolating  

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

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Serbian and Yoruba Speaking population

Serbian and Yoruba speaking population is one of the factors based on which Serbian and Yoruba languages can be compared. The total count of Serbian and Yoruba Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Serbian language is 0.13 % 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 Serbian and Yoruba on Serbian vs Yoruba where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Serbian and Yoruba Language Codes

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

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