Countries
Benin, Nigeria
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
Total No. Of Countries
23
0
46
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National Language
Nigeria
Abkhazia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Europe
Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Yoruba Academy
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Interesting Facts
- 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.
- Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
- Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.
Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages
Adyghe language, Abaza language
Derived From
-
Caucasian languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2962
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
122
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1760
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
-
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks27 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Ẹ n lẹ
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
Thank You
e dupe
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
Good Night
Kasun layọ o
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
Good Evening
ka a ale
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Afternoon
e kaasan
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Morning
e kaaro
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
Please
Jowo
амритана
Sorry
binu
Амарахь
Bye
bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ
-
Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara
Извините (Izvinite)
Dialect 1
Itsekiri
Bzyb
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Abkhazia
How Many People Speak
500,000.00106,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Ede
Abzhywa
Where They Speak
Benin, Togo
Caucasus
How Many People Speak
800,000.00106,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Ulukwumi
Sadz
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Turkey
How Many People Speak
10,000.00106,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
203
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million0.13 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.42 %0.01 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
28.00 million0.13 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
30.00 million-
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Yorùbá
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba
Abxazo, Abkhazian
French Name
yoruba
abkhaze
German Name
Yoruba-Sprache
Abchasisch
Pronunciation
[jòɾùbá]
[abxaz]
Ethnicity
Yoruba people
Abkhaz people
Origin
4 BC
c. 1650
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Northwest Caucasian
Subgroup
Western Sudanic
-
Branch
Kwa
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Yorùbá
Abkhaz
Language Position
4928
1
120
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Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language
Abkhaz Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
yo
ab
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
yor
abk
ISO 639 2/B
yor
abk
ISO 639 3
yor
abk
ISO 639 6
yor
abks
Glottocode
yoru1245
abkh1244
Linguasphere
No data available
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Agglutinative