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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
Not Available   
Not Available   

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
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
88 weeks   
13

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   
34
68,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Ede   
Souletin   

Where They Speak
Benin, Togo   
France, Soule, Spain   

How Many People Speak
800,000.00   
27
8,700.00   
99+

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi   
Biscayan   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
Spain   

How Many People Speak
10,000.00   
34
Not Available   

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 %   
32
Not Available   

Native Speakers
28.00 million   
29
7.20 million   
99+

Native Name
Yorùbá   
Not available   

Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba   
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense   

French Name
yoruba   
basque   

German Name
Yoruba-Sprache   
Baskisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Yoruba people   
Basque people   

History

Origin
4 BC   
c. 1000   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Vasconic Family   

Subgroup
Western Sudanic   
Not Available   

Branch
Kwa   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian   

Standard Forms
Yorùbá   
Basque   

Language Position
49   
36
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Not Available   

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
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
yoru1245   
basq1248   

Linguasphere
No data available   
40-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

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 Not Available. 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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