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Yoruba
Yoruba

Catalan
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Countries

Countries

Benin, Nigeria
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community

Total No. Of Countries

26
0 46
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National Language

Nigeria
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Spain

Speaking Continents

Africa
Europe

Minority Language

Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain

Regulated By

Yoruba Academy
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, 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.
  • Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
  • Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.

Similar To

Owo and Itsekiri languages
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language

Derived From

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Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2927
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

125
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1723
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

35
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

30 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Ẹ n lẹ
Hola

Thank You

e dupe
Gràcies

How Are You?

Bawo ni o se wa
Com estàs?

Good Night

Kasun layọ o
Bona nit

Good Evening

ka a ale
Bona nit

Good Afternoon

e kaasan
Bona tarda

Good Morning

e kaaro
Bon dia

Please

Jowo
Sisplau

Sorry

binu
Perdó!

Bye

bye
Adéu

I Love You

mo nifẹ rẹ
T'estimo

Excuse Me

mo tọrọ gafara
Dispensi!

Dialects

Dialect 1

Itsekiri
Caló

Where They Speak

Nigeria
France, Portugal, Spain

How Many People Speak

500,000.00440,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Ede
Valencian

Where They Speak

Benin, Togo
Spain

How Many People Speak

800,000.002,400,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Ulukwumi
Ribagorçan

Where They Speak

Nigeria
Spain

How Many People Speak

10,000.004,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

208
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

30.00 million9.20 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.42 %0.12 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

28.00 million4.10 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

30.00 million5.10 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Yorùbá
català

Alternative Names

Yariba, Yooba
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian

French Name

yoruba
catalan; valencien

German Name

Yoruba-Sprache
Katalanisch

Pronunciation

[jòɾùbá]
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)

Ethnicity

Yoruba people
Catalan people

History

Origin

4 BC
c. 1028

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Western Sudanic
Romance

Branch

Kwa
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Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Old Catalan

Standard Forms

Yorùbá
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian

Language Position

4932
1 120
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Signed Forms

Yoruba Sign Language
Signed Catalan

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

yo
ca

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

yor
cat

ISO 639 2/B

yor
cat

ISO 639 3

yor
cat

ISO 639 6

yor
cat

Glottocode

yoru1245
stan1289

Linguasphere

No data available
51-AAA-e

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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Yoruba and Catalan Alphabets

Yoruba and Catalan Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Yoruba and Catalan. In Yoruba Alphabets there are 29 letters while in Catalan Alphabets there are 27 letters. To learn Yoruba and Catalan languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Yoruba and Catalan languages. The Yoruba phonology consist Yoruba vowels and Yoruba consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Yoruba greetings vs Catalan greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Yoruba and Catalan are Most Spoken Languages.

All Yoruba and Catalan 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 Catalan dialects. Various dialects of Yoruba and Catalan language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Yoruba are spoken in different Yoruba Speaking Countries whereas Catalan Dialects are spoken in different Catalan speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Yoruba vs Catalan Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Yoruba dialects include: Itsekiri, Ede. Catalan dialects include: Caló , Valencian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Yoruba and Catalan Speaking population

Yoruba and Catalan speaking population is one of the factors based on which Yoruba and Catalan languages can be compared. The total count of Yoruba and Catalan Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Catalan language is 0.12 %. 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 Catalan on Yoruba vs Catalan where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Yoruba and Catalan Language Codes

Yoruba and Catalan language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Yoruba and Catalan Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.