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Yoruba and Estonian


Estonian and Yoruba


Countries

Countries
Benin, Nigeria   
Estonia, European Union   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

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
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200   
Estonian-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
29   
11
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
9   
6

How Many Consonants
17   
7
18   
8

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Itsekiri   
Keskmurre   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia   

How Many People Speak
500,000.00   
34
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Ede   
Tartu   

Where They Speak
Benin, Togo   
Georgia, South Estonia   

How Many People Speak
800,000.00   
27
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi   
Idamurre   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.   

How Many People Speak
10,000.00   
34
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
20   
18
8   
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million   
36
1.10 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.42 %   
32
Not Available   

Native Speakers
28.00 million   
29
0.95 million   
99+

Native Name
Yorùbá   
eesti keel   

Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba   
Eesti keel   

French Name
yoruba   
estonien   

German Name
Yoruba-Sprache   
Estnisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Yoruba people   
Estonians   

History

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
49   
36
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language   
Estonian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

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
Not Available   
Not Available   

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   

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

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Yoruba and Estonian Speaking population

Yoruba and Estonian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Yoruba and Estonian languages can be compared. The total count of Yoruba and Estonian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Estonian language is Not Available. 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 Estonian on Yoruba vs Estonian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Yoruba and Estonian Language Codes

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

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