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Spanish and Yoruba


Yoruba and Spanish


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
46   
1
2   
13

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   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27   
9
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
12   
9

How Many Consonants
22   
12
17   
7

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
30 weeks   
9

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
105,000,000.00   
5
500,000.00   
34

Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish   
Ede   

Where They Speak
Cuba   
Benin, Togo   

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00   
8
800,000.00   
27

Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish   
Ulukwumi   

Where They Speak
Puerto Rico   
Nigeria   

How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00   
9
10,000.00   
34

Total No. Of Dialects
21   
19
20   
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
489.00 million   
3
30.00 million   
36

Speaking Population
6.15 %   
3
0.42 %   
32

Native Speakers
410.00 million   
2
28.00 million   
29

Second Language Speakers
89.50 million   
9
Not Available   

Native Name
Español   
Yorùbá   

Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español   
Yariba, Yooba   

French Name
espagnol; castillan   
yoruba   

German Name
Spanisch   
Yoruba-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Yoruba people   

History

Origin
210 BC   
4 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Western Sudanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Kwa   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish   
Yorùbá   

Language Position
2   
2
49   
36

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
Not Available   
Not Available   

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   

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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.

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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.

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