Countries
Benin, Nigeria
Myanmar
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
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Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
Where They Speak
Benin, Togo
Myanmar
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Burma
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
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Western Sudanic
Tibeto-Burman
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
Standard Forms
Yorùbá
Modern Burmese
Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language
Burmese sign language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
yoru1245
sout3159
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Analytic, Isolating
All Yoruba and Burmese 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 Burmese dialects. Various dialects of Yoruba and Burmese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Yoruba are spoken in different Yoruba Speaking Countries whereas Burmese Dialects are spoken in different Burmese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Yoruba vs Burmese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Yoruba dialects include: Itsekiri, Ede. Burmese dialects include: Arakanese , Tavoyan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Yoruba and Burmese Speaking population
Yoruba and Burmese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Yoruba and Burmese languages can be compared. The total count of Yoruba and Burmese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 %. 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 Burmese on Yoruba vs Burmese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Yoruba and Burmese Language Codes
Yoruba and Burmese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Yoruba and Burmese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.