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Countries

Countries

Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara
Benin, Nigeria

Total No. Of Countries

462
0 46
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National Language

Spain
Nigeria

Second Language

Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Africa

Minority Language

Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America

Regulated By

Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
Yoruba Academy

Interesting Facts

  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic 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

French Language
Owo and Itsekiri languages

Derived From

Latin
-

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2729
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

512
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2217
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

63
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

24 weeks30 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

hola
Ẹ n lẹ

Thank You

Gracias
e dupe

How Are You?

Cómo estás?
Bawo ni o se wa

Good Night

Buenas Noches
Kasun layọ o

Good Evening

Bonne soirée
ka a ale

Good Afternoon

Buenas Tardes
e kaasan

Good Morning

Buenos Días
e kaaro

Please

Por Favor
Jowo

Sorry

triste
binu

Bye

adiós
bye

I Love You

Te Quiero
mo nifẹ rẹ

Excuse Me

Discúlpeme
mo tọrọ gafara

Dialects

Dialect 1

Mexican Spanish
Itsekiri

Where They Speak

Mexico
Nigeria

How Many People Speak

105,000,000.00500,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Cuban Spanish
Ede

Where They Speak

Cuba
Benin, Togo

How Many People Speak

11,000,000.00800,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Puerto Rican Spanish
Ulukwumi

Where They Speak

Puerto Rico
Nigeria

How Many People Speak

3,900,000.0010,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

2120
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

489.00 million30.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

6.15 %0.42 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

410.00 million28.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

89.50 million30.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Español
Yorùbá

Alternative Names

Castellano, Castilian, Español
Yariba, Yooba

French Name

espagnol; castillan
yoruba

German Name

Spanisch
Yoruba-Sprache

Pronunciation

[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
[jòɾùbá]

Ethnicity

Spanish people
Yoruba people

History

Origin

210 BC
4 BC

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

Romance
Western Sudanic

Branch

-
Kwa

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Spanish and Spanish
No early forms

Standard Forms

Pluricentric Standard Spanish
Yorùbá

Language Position

249
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Spanish
Yoruba Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

es
yo

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

spa
yor

ISO 639 2/B

spa
yor

ISO 639 3

spa
yor

ISO 639 6

spa
yor

Glottocode

stan1288
yoru1245

Linguasphere

51-AAA-b
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
Analytic, Isolating

Spanish and Yoruba Alphabets

Spanish and Yoruba Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Spanish and Yoruba. In Spanish Alphabets there are 27 letters while in Yoruba Alphabets there are 29 letters. To learn Spanish and Yoruba languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Spanish and Yoruba languages. The Spanish phonology consist Spanish vowels and Spanish consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Spanish greetings vs Yoruba greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Spanish and Yoruba are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Spanish and Yoruba Speaking population

Spanish and Yoruba speaking population is one of the factors based on which Spanish and Yoruba languages can be compared. The total count of Spanish and Yoruba Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Spanish language is 6.15 % 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 Spanish and Yoruba on Spanish vs Yoruba where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Spanish and Yoruba Language Codes

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