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Slovak and Yoruba


Yoruba and Slovak


Countries

Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia  
Benin, Nigeria  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
2  
13

National Language
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia  
Nigeria  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa  

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine  
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Regulated By
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic  
Yoruba Academy  

Interesting Facts
  • Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
  • Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written 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
Czech Language  
Owo and Itsekiri languages  

Derived From
Czech-Slovak Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
46  
26
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15  
12
12  
9

How Many Consonants
38  
27
17  
7

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
30 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
Ahoj  
Ẹ n lẹ  

Thank You
Ďakujem vám  
e dupe  

How Are You?
Ako sa máte?  
Bawo ni o se wa  

Good Night
Dobrú noc  
Kasun layọ o  

Good Evening
Dobrý večer  
ka a ale  

Good Afternoon
Dobré popoludnie  
e kaasan  

Good Morning
Dobré ráno  
e kaaro  

Please
Prosím  
Jowo  

Sorry
Pardón!  
binu  

Bye
Dovidenia  
bye  

I Love You
Ľúbim Ťa  
mo nifẹ rẹ  

Excuse Me
Prepáčte!  
mo tọrọ gafara  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Slovak  
Itsekiri  

Where They Speak
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
5,500,000.00  
99+
500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Central Slovak  
Ede  

Where They Speak
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec  
Benin, Togo  

How Many People Speak
5,500,000.00  
99+
800,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Western Slovak  
Ulukwumi  

Where They Speak
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
5,500,000.00  
37
10,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
20  
18

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.14 %  
99+
0.42 %  
34

Native Speakers
5.20 million  
99+
28.00 million  
29

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million  
99+
30.00 million  
26

Native Name
slovenčina  
Yorùbá  

Alternative Names
Slovakian, Slovencina  
Yariba, Yooba  

French Name
slovaque  
yoruba  

German Name
Slowakisch  
Yoruba-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ˈsləʊvæk]  
[jòɾùbá]  

Ethnicity
Slovaks  
Yoruba people  

History

Origin
6th Century  
4 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Western Sudanic  

Branch
Western  
Kwa  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Slavic  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Slovak  
Yorùbá  

Language Position
27  
25
49  
99+

Signed Forms
Slovak Sign Language  
Yoruba Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sk  
yo  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
slk  
yor  

ISO 639 2/B
slo  
yor  

ISO 639 3
slk  
yor  

ISO 639 6
slk  
yor  

Glottocode
slov1269  
yoru1245  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-db  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Analytic, Isolating  

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

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Slovak and Yoruba Speaking population

Slovak and Yoruba speaking population is one of the factors based on which Slovak and Yoruba languages can be compared. The total count of Slovak and Yoruba Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Slovak language is 0.14 % 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 Slovak and Yoruba on Slovak vs Yoruba where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Slovak and Yoruba Language Codes

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

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