Countries
Benin, Nigeria
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
National Language
Nigeria
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa, Asia
Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Yoruba Academy
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
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.
- Arabic is 5th common language in world.
- Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages
Amharic and Hebrew
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
-
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa
كيف حالك؟
Good Night
Kasun layọ o
تصبح على خير
Good Evening
ka a ale
مساء الخير
Good Afternoon
e kaasan
مساء الخير
Good Morning
e kaaro
صباح الخير
I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ
أحبك
Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara
اعذرني
Dialect 1
Itsekiri
Maghrebi
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
Where They Speak
Benin, Togo
Sudan
Dialect 3
Ulukwumi
Levantine
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Cyprus, Levant
Native Name
Yorùbá
(al arabiya) العربية
Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
German Name
Yoruba-Sprache
Arabisch
Pronunciation
[jòɾùbá]
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
Ethnicity
Yoruba people
Arabs
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
Subgroup
Western Sudanic
Semitic
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Yorùbá
Modern Standard Arabic
Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language
Signed Arabic
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
Glottocode
yoru1245
arab1395
Linguasphere
No data available
12-AAC
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Fusional, Synthetic
All Yoruba and Arabic 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 Yoruba and Arabic dialects. Various dialects of Yoruba and Arabic language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Yoruba are spoken in different Yoruba Speaking Countries whereas Arabic Dialects are spoken in different Arabic speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Yoruba vs Arabic Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Yoruba dialects include: Itsekiri, Ede. Arabic dialects include: Maghrebi , Sudanese. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Yoruba and Arabic Speaking population
Yoruba and Arabic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Yoruba and Arabic languages can be compared. The total count of Yoruba and Arabic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 %. 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 Yoruba and Arabic on Yoruba vs Arabic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Yoruba and Arabic Language Codes
Yoruba and Arabic language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Yoruba and Arabic Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.