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Vietnamese and Yoruba


Yoruba and Vietnamese


Countries

Countries
Vietnam  
Benin, Nigeria  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Vietnam  
Nigeria  

Second Language
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
Czech Republic  
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Regulated By
-  
Yoruba Academy  

Interesting Facts
  • The vocabulary of Vietnamese language is influenced by Chinese Language.
  • The only language in East Asia that uses the Latin alphabet is Vietnamese.
  
  • 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
Chinese Language  
Owo and Itsekiri languages  

Derived From
Chinese Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
37  
19
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
12  
9

How Many Consonants
21  
11
17  
7

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
30 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
Xin chào  
Ẹ n lẹ  

Thank You
Cam on  
e dupe  

How Are You?
Bạn khỏe không?  
Bawo ni o se wa  

Good Night
Chúc ngủ ngon  
Kasun layọ o  

Good Evening
Chào buổi tối  
ka a ale  

Good Afternoon
Chào buổi trưa  
e kaasan  

Good Morning
Chào buổi sáng  
e kaaro  

Please
xin vui lòng  
Jowo  

Sorry
Xin lỗi  
binu  

Bye
Tạm biệt  
bye  

I Love You
tôi yêu bạn  
mo nifẹ rẹ  

Excuse Me
Xin loi  
mo tọrọ gafara  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese  
Itsekiri  

Where They Speak
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
76,000,000.00  
11
500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese  
Ede  

Where They Speak
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa  
Benin, Togo  

How Many People Speak
76,000,000.00  
9
800,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese  
Ulukwumi  

Where They Speak
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
76,000,000.00  
8
10,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
20  
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
91.00 million  
16
30.00 million  
36

Speaking Population
1.14 %  
17
0.42 %  
34

Native Speakers
75.00 million  
14
28.00 million  
29

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
33
30.00 million  
26

Native Name
tiếng việt (㗂越)  
Yorùbá  

Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet  
Yariba, Yooba  

French Name
vietnamien  
yoruba  

German Name
Vietnamesisch  
Yoruba-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern) [tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)  
[jòɾùbá]  

Ethnicity
Vietnamese (Kinh) people  
Yoruba people  

History

Origin
c. 1440  
4 BC  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
-  
Western Sudanic  

Branch
-  
Kwa  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Vietnamese  
Yorùbá  

Language Position
14  
13
49  
99+

Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages  
Yoruba Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
vi  
yo  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
vie  
yor  

ISO 639 2/B
vie  
yor  

ISO 639 3
vie  
yor  

ISO 639 6
vie  
yor  

Glottocode
viet1252  
yoru1245  

Linguasphere
46-EBA  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Analytic, Isolating  

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

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Vietnamese and Yoruba Speaking population

Vietnamese and Yoruba speaking population is one of the factors based on which Vietnamese and Yoruba languages can be compared. The total count of Vietnamese and Yoruba Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Vietnamese language is 1.14 % 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 Vietnamese and Yoruba on Vietnamese vs Yoruba where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Vietnamese and Yoruba Language Codes

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