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Swedish and Yoruba


Yoruba and Swedish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden  
Benin, Nigeria  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
2  
13

National Language
Sweden  
Nigeria  

Second Language
Finland  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Antartica, Europe  
Africa  

Minority Language
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council  
Yoruba Academy  

Interesting Facts
  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
  • 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
Norwegian and Danish Language  
Owo and Itsekiri languages  

Derived From
Old Norse Language  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200  
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200  

Alphabets
29  
11
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
12  
9

How Many Consonants
18  
8
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
hej  
Ẹ n lẹ  

Thank You
tacka dig  
e dupe  

How Are You?
hur mår du  
Bawo ni o se wa  

Good Night
godnatt  
Kasun layọ o  

Good Evening
god kväll  
ka a ale  

Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag  
e kaasan  

Good Morning
god morgon  
e kaaro  

Please
vänligen  
Jowo  

Sorry
ledsen  
binu  

Bye
hej då  
bye  

I Love You
jag älskar dig  
mo nifẹ rẹ  

Excuse Me
ursäkta mig  
mo tọrọ gafara  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dialects  
Itsekiri  

Where They Speak
Gabon  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00  
9
500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Dialects  
Ede  

Where They Speak
Georgia  
Benin, Togo  

How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00  
7
800,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Dialects  
Ulukwumi  

Where They Speak
France  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
96,000,000.00  
5
10,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
79  
33
20  
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
15.00 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
5.00 million  
99+
30.00 million  
26

Native Name
Svenska  
Yorùbá  

Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska  
Yariba, Yooba  

French Name
suédois  
yoruba  

German Name
Schwedisch  
Yoruba-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]  
[jòɾùbá]  

Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes  
Yoruba people  

History

Origin
13th Century  
4 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Western Sudanic  

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)  
Kwa  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Swedish  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Swedish  
Yorùbá  

Language Position
89  
99+
49  
99+

Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")  
Yoruba Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sv  
yo  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
swe  
yor  

ISO 639 2/B
swe  
yor  

ISO 639 3
swe  
yor  

ISO 639 6
swe  
yor  

Glottocode
swed1254  
yoru1245  

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

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Swedish and Yoruba Speaking population

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

Swedish and Yoruba Language Codes

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

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