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Turkish and Yoruba


Yoruba and Turkish


Countries

Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey  
Benin, Nigeria  

Total No. Of Countries
11  
5
2  
13

National Language
Turkey  
Nigeria  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Africa  

Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania  
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Regulated By
Turkish Language Association  
Yoruba Academy  

Interesting Facts
  • Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
  • Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  
  • 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
Azerbaijani Language  
Owo and Itsekiri languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
12  
9

How Many Consonants
21  
11
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
Merhaba  
Ẹ n lẹ  

Thank You
teşekkür ederim  
e dupe  

How Are You?
Nasılsın?  
Bawo ni o se wa  

Good Night
İyi Geceler  
Kasun layọ o  

Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar  
ka a ale  

Good Afternoon
Tünaydın  
e kaasan  

Good Morning
günaydın  
e kaaro  

Please
lütfen  
Jowo  

Sorry
üzgünüm  
binu  

Bye
Hoşçakal  
bye  

I Love You
Seni seviyorum  
mo nifẹ rẹ  

Excuse Me
Afedersiniz  
mo tọrọ gafara  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish  
Itsekiri  

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
26,000,000.00  
25
500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish  
Ede  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  
Benin, Togo  

How Many People Speak
480,000.00  
99+
800,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Gagauz  
Ulukwumi  

Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
140,000.00  
99+
10,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
20  
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
75.00 million  
23
30.00 million  
36

Speaking Population
0.95 %  
22
0.42 %  
34

Native Speakers
60.00 million  
20
28.00 million  
29

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
34
30.00 million  
26

Native Name
Türkçe  
Yorùbá  

Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch  
Yariba, Yooba  

French Name
turc  
yoruba  

German Name
Türkisch  
Yoruba-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]  
[jòɾùbá]  

Ethnicity
Turkish  
Yoruba people  

History

Origin
c. 1350  
4 BC  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Turkic  
Western Sudanic  

Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)  
Kwa  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)  
Yorùbá  

Language Position
19  
17
49  
99+

Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language  
Yoruba Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
tr  
yo  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tur  
yor  

ISO 639 2/B
tur  
yor  

ISO 639 3
tur  
yor  

ISO 639 6
tur  
yor  

Glottocode
nucl1301  
yoru1245  

Linguasphere
44-AAB-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Analytic, Isolating  

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

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Turkish and Yoruba Speaking population

Turkish and Yoruba speaking population is one of the factors based on which Turkish and Yoruba languages can be compared. The total count of Turkish and Yoruba Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Turkish language is 0.95 % 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 Turkish and Yoruba on Turkish vs Yoruba where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Turkish and Yoruba Language Codes

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

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