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Yoruba and Basque


Basque and Yoruba


Countries

Countries
Benin, Nigeria  
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Nigeria  
France, Spain  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Yoruba Academy  
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee  

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.
  
  • The Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  

Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages  
Spanish  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
5  
2

How Many Consonants
17  
7
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
88 weeks  
19

Greetings

Hello
Ẹ n lẹ  
Kaixo  

Thank You
e dupe  
Eskerrik asko  

How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa  
Zer moduz?  

Good Night
Kasun layọ o  
Gabon  

Good Evening
ka a ale  
Arratsalde on  

Good Afternoon
e kaasan  
Arratsalde on  

Good Morning
e kaaro  
Egun on  

Please
Jowo  
Mesedez  

Sorry
binu  
Barkatu  

Bye
bye  
Agur  

I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ  
Maite zaitut  

Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara  
Barkatu  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Itsekiri  
Navarro-Lapurdian  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
France  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
99+
68,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Ede  
Souletin  

Where They Speak
Benin, Togo  
France, Soule, Spain  

How Many People Speak
800,000.00  
99+
8,700.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi  
Biscayan  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Spain  

How Many People Speak
10,000.00  
99+
750,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
7.20 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.42 %  
34
0.12 %  
99+

Native Speakers
28.00 million  
29
7.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
30.00 million  
26
0.70 million  
99+

Native Name
Yorùbá  
Euskara  

Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba  
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense  

French Name
yoruba  
basque  

German Name
Yoruba-Sprache  
Baskisch  

Pronunciation
[jòɾùbá]  
[bɑːsk]  

Ethnicity
Yoruba people  
Basque people  

History

Origin
4 BC  
c. 1000  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Vasconic Family  

Subgroup
Western Sudanic  
-  

Branch
Kwa  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian  

Standard Forms
Yorùbá  
Basque  

Language Position
49  
99+
30  
28

Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language  
Basque Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
yo  
eu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
yor  
eus  

ISO 639 2/B
yor  
baq  

ISO 639 3
yor  
eus  

ISO 639 6
yor  
eus  

Glottocode
yoru1245  
basq1248  

Linguasphere
No data available  
40-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Agglutinative  

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

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Yoruba and Basque Speaking population

Yoruba and Basque speaking population is one of the factors based on which Yoruba and Basque languages can be compared. The total count of Yoruba and Basque Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Basque language is 0.12 %. 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 Basque on Yoruba vs Basque where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Yoruba and Basque Language Codes

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

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