Countries
Benin, Nigeria
Belarus, Poland
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Nigeria
Belarus, Gambia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Poland
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine
Regulated By
Yoruba Academy
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 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.
- Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
- Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages
Russian and Ukrainian
Derived From
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-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2948
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
126
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1739
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Ẹ n lẹ
dobry dzień
Thank You
e dupe
Dziakuj
How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa
Jak vy ?
Good Night
Kasun layọ o
Dabranač
Good Evening
ka a ale
Dobry viečar
Good Afternoon
e kaasan
dobry dzień
Good Morning
e kaaro
Dobraj ranicy
Please
Jowo
Kali laska
Sorry
binu
Vybačajcie
Bye
bye
da pabačennia
I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ
JA liubliu ciabie
Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara
Vybačajcie
Dialect 1
Itsekiri
North-Eastern Belarusian
Where They Speak
Nigeria
North-East Belarus
How Many People Speak
500,000.007,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Ede
South-Western Belarusian
Where They Speak
Benin, Togo
South-West Belarus
How Many People Speak
800,000.007,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Ulukwumi
Middle Belarusian
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Middle Belarus
How Many People Speak
10,000.007,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
203
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million9.63 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.42 %0.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
28.00 million7.60 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
30.00 million5.89 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Yorùbá
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)
Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian
French Name
yoruba
biélorusse
German Name
Yoruba-Sprache
Weißrussisch
Pronunciation
[jòɾùbá]
[bʲɛlaˈruskʲi]
Ethnicity
Yoruba people
Belarusians
Origin
4 BC
18th century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Western Sudanic
Slavic
Branch
Kwa
Eastern
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old East Slavic
Standard Forms
Yorùbá
Belarusian
Language Position
4979
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language
Belarusian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
yo
be
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
yor
bel
ISO 639 2/B
yor
bel
ISO 639 3
yor
bel
ISO 639 6
yor
bel
Glottocode
yoru1245
bela1254
Linguasphere
No data available
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
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