Countries
Benin, Nigeria
Bulgaria, European Union
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
Nigeria
Bulgaria
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa, Europe
Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
Regulated By
Yoruba Academy
Institute for the Bulgarian language
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 only Slavic language which has lost all its grammatical cases is Bulgarian.
- The first Slavic language to be written was Bulgarian in 9th century.
Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages
Macedonian language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2930
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
126
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1736
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Ẹ n lẹ
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
Thank You
e dupe
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa
Как си? (Kak si?)
Good Night
Kasun layọ o
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
Good Evening
ka a ale
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
Good Afternoon
e kaasan
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
Good Morning
e kaaro
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
Please
Jowo
Моля (Molja)
Sorry
binu
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
Bye
bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)
I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ
Обичам те (Običam te)
Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Dialect 1
Itsekiri
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Bulgaria
How Many People Speak
500,000.009,200,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Ede
Panagyurishte
Where They Speak
Benin, Togo
Bulgaria
How Many People Speak
800,000.009,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Ulukwumi
Pirdop
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Bulgaria
How Many People Speak
10,000.009,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
2058
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million7.80 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.42 %0.21 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
28.00 million7.80 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
30.00 million9.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Yorùbá
български (bãlgarski)
Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba
Balgarski
French Name
yoruba
bulgare
German Name
Yoruba-Sprache
Bulgarisch
Pronunciation
[jòɾùbá]
[ˈbɤɫɡɐrski]
Ethnicity
Yoruba people
Bulgarian people
Origin
4 BC
9th Century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Western Sudanic
Slavic
Branch
Kwa
Southern
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
Standard Forms
Yorùbá
Standard Bulgarian
Language Position
4988
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language
Bulgarian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
yo
bg
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
yor
bul
ISO 639 2/B
yor
bul
ISO 639 3
yor
bul
ISO 639 6
yor
buls
Glottocode
yoru1245
bulg1262
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
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