Countries
Benin, Nigeria
Estonia, European Union
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
Nigeria
Estonia, Gambia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Europe
Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
Denmark, Russia, Sweden
Regulated By
Yoruba Academy
Institute of the Estonian Language
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.
- Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
- Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages
Finnish
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2927
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
129
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1718
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
32
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Ẹ n lẹ
Tere
Thank You
e dupe
aitäh
How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa
kuidas sul läheb
Good Night
Kasun layọ o
Head ööd
Good Evening
ka a ale
Tere õhtust
Good Afternoon
e kaasan
Tere päevast
Good Morning
e kaaro
Tere hommikust
Please
Jowo
Palun
Sorry
binu
Vabandust
Bye
bye
Head aega
I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ
ma armastan sind
Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara
Vabandage
Dialect 1
Itsekiri
Keskmurre
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia
How Many People Speak
500,000.001,300,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Ede
Tartu
Where They Speak
Benin, Togo
Georgia, South Estonia
How Many People Speak
800,000.001,300,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Ulukwumi
Idamurre
Where They Speak
Nigeria
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
How Many People Speak
10,000.001,300,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
208
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million1.10 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.42 %0.03 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
28.00 million0.95 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
30.00 million1.10 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Yorùbá
eesti keel
Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba
Eesti keel
French Name
yoruba
estonien
German Name
Yoruba-Sprache
Estnisch
Pronunciation
[jòɾùbá]
[eˈstˑoˑniˑa]
Ethnicity
Yoruba people
Estonians
Origin
4 BC
13th century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Uralic Family
Subgroup
Western Sudanic
Finno-Ugric
Branch
Kwa
Finnic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Yorùbá
Estonian
Language Position
4922
1
120
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Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language
Estonian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
yo
et
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
yor
est
ISO 639 2/B
yor
est
ISO 639 3
yor
est
ISO 639 6
yor
est
Glottocode
yoru1245
esto1258
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Agglutinative