Countries
Benin, Nigeria
Philippines
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Nigeria
Philippines
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Philippines
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Yoruba Academy
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
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.
- About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
- Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages
Hiligaynon Language
Derived From
-
Island of Cebu
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2921
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
125
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1716
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
32
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks3 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Ẹ n lẹ
Hoy
Thank You
e dupe
Salamat
How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa
Kumusta man ka?
Good Night
Kasun layọ o
Maayong Gabii
Good Evening
ka a ale
Maayong Gabii
Good Afternoon
e kaasan
Maayong Hapon
Good Morning
e kaaro
Maayong Buntag
Please
Jowo
Palihug
Sorry
binu
Ikasubo ko
Bye
bye
Babay
I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ
Gihigugma ko ikaw
Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara
Ekskyus mi
Dialect 1
Itsekiri
Boholano
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Bohol
How Many People Speak
500,000.0021,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Ede
Southern Kana
Where They Speak
Benin, Togo
southern Leyte
How Many People Speak
800,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Ulukwumi
North Kana
Where They Speak
Nigeria
northern part of Leyte
How Many People Speak
10,000.0020,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
204
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million20.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.42 %0.32 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
28.00 million21.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
30.00 million14.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Yorùbá
Visayan
Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
French Name
yoruba
cebuano
German Name
Yoruba-Sprache
Cebuano
Pronunciation
[jòɾùbá]
[sɛbuˈɑno]
Ethnicity
Yoruba people
Cebuano people
Origin
4 BC
16th century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Western Sudanic
-
Branch
Kwa
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Yorùbá
Standard Cebuano
Language Position
4962
1
120
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Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language
Cebuano Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
yo
No data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
yor
ceb
ISO 639 2/B
yor
ceb
ISO 639 3
yor
ceb
ISO 639 6
yor
ceb
Glottocode
yoru1245
cebu1242
Linguasphere
No data available
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
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