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Yoruba and Arabic


Arabic and Yoruba


Countries

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  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
23  
4

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  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
28  
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
8  
5

How Many Consonants
17  
7
28  
18

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic  

Writing Direction
-  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
88 weeks  
19

Greetings

Hello
Ẹ n lẹ  
مرحبا  

Thank You
e dupe  
شكرا  

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  

Please
Jowo  
من فضلك  

Sorry
binu  
آسف  

Bye
bye  
وداعا  

I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ  
أحبك  

Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara  
اعذرني  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Itsekiri  
Maghrebi  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
99+
310,000,000.00  
2

Dialect 2
Ede  
Sudanese  

Where They Speak
Benin, Togo  
Sudan  

How Many People Speak
800,000.00  
99+
17,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi  
Levantine  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Cyprus, Levant  

How Many People Speak
10,000.00  
99+
21,000,000.00  
23

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
26  
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
452.00 million  
4

Speaking Population
0.42 %  
34
4.43 %  
6

Native Speakers
28.00 million  
29
206.00 million  
6

Second Language Speakers
30.00 million  
26
246.00 million  
2

Native Name
Yorùbá  
(al arabiya) العربية  

Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba  
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic  

French Name
yoruba  
arabe  

German Name
Yoruba-Sprache  
Arabisch  

Pronunciation
[jòɾùbá]  
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/  

Ethnicity
Yoruba people  
Arabs  

History

Origin
4 BC  
512 CE  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family  

Subgroup
Western Sudanic  
Semitic  

Branch
Kwa  
North Arabic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Yorùbá  
Modern Standard Arabic  

Language Position
49  
99+
25  
23

Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language  
Signed Arabic  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
yo  
ar  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
yor  
ara  

ISO 639 2/B
yor  
ara  

ISO 639 3
yor  
ara  

ISO 639 6
yor  
ara  

Glottocode
yoru1245  
arab1395  

Linguasphere
No data available  
12-AAC  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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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.

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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.

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