Countries
Benin, Nigeria
Myanmar
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Nigeria
Myanmar
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Bangladesh, Burma
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
Mon
Regulated By
Yoruba Academy
Myanmar Language Commission
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 naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
- It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages
Thai Language
Derived From
-
Pali Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2933
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1212
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1733
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Tangut
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
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
Thank You
e dupe
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
Good Night
Kasun layọ o
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
Good Evening
ka a ale
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
Good Afternoon
e kaasan
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
Good Morning
e kaaro
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
Please
Jowo
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
Sorry
binu
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
Bye
bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
Dialect 1
Itsekiri
Arakanese
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
How Many People Speak
500,000.002,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Ede
Tavoyan
Where They Speak
Benin, Togo
Myanmar
How Many People Speak
800,000.00440,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Ulukwumi
Intha
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Burma
How Many People Speak
10,000.0090,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
205
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million43.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.42 %0.50 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
28.00 million33.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
30.00 million10.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Yorùbá
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
French Name
yoruba
birman
German Name
Yoruba-Sprache
Birmanisch
Pronunciation
[jòɾùbá]
[bəmɛ̀]
Ethnicity
Yoruba people
Bamar people
Origin
4 BC
1113 AD
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Western Sudanic
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
Kwa
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
Standard Forms
Yorùbá
Modern Burmese
Language Position
4943
1
120
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Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language
Burmese sign language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
yo
my
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
yor
mya
ISO 639 2/B
yor
bur
ISO 639 3
yor
mya
ISO 639 6
yor
mya
Glottocode
yoru1245
sout3159
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Analytic, Isolating