Countries
Benin, Nigeria
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
National Language
Nigeria
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
South Africa
Regulated By
Yoruba Academy
Not Available
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.
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages
Not Available
Derived From
Not Available
Latin
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
e dupe
Thank you
How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa
How are you?
Good Night
Kasun layọ o
Good Night
Good Evening
ka a ale
Good Evening
Good Afternoon
e kaasan
Good Afternoon
Good Morning
e kaaro
Good Morning
I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ
I love you
Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara
Excuse Me
Dialect 1
Itsekiri
American English
Where They Speak
Nigeria
United States of America
Dialect 2
Ede
Hiberno-English
Where They Speak
Benin, Togo
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Dialect 3
Ulukwumi
Welsh English
Where They Speak
Nigeria
United Kingdom
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Yorùbá
English
Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba
Not Available
French Name
yoruba
anglais
German Name
Yoruba-Sprache
Englisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
Ethnicity
Yoruba people
Not Available
Origin
4 BC
5th Century AD
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Western Sudanic
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Standard Forms
Yorùbá
Standard English
Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language
Signed English
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
engs
Glottocode
yoru1245
stan1293
Linguasphere
No data available
52-ABA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Yoruba and English Speaking population
Yoruba and English speaking population is one of the factors based on which Yoruba and English languages can be compared. The total count of Yoruba and English Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 % whereas the percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 %. 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 English on Yoruba vs English where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Yoruba and English Language Codes
Yoruba and English language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Yoruba and English Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.