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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  
-  

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  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
30 weeks  
10

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  
6
500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish  
Ede  

Where They Speak
Cuba  
Benin, Togo  

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00  
35
800,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish  
Ulukwumi  

Where They Speak
Puerto Rico  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00  
99+
10,000.00  
99+

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 %  
34

Native Speakers
410.00 million  
2
28.00 million  
29

Second Language Speakers
89.50 million  
9
30.00 million  
26

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
2  
2
49  
99+

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  

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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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