Yoruba

Filipino

Yoruba and Filipino

Yoruba

Filipino

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Countries

Benin, Nigeria

Philippines

Total No. Of Countries

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

Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino

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.

"Filipino" was officially declared as national language by the constitution in 1987.
"Filipino" is the official name of Tagalog, or synonym of it.

Similar To

Owo and Itsekiri languages

Tagalog Language

Derived From

Spanish Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2928

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

Writing Direction

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

2 12

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Time Taken to Learn

30 weeks44 weeks

3 88

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Greetings

Hello

Ẹ n lẹ

Kumusta

Thank You

e dupe

Salamat

How Are You?

Bawo ni o se wa

Kumusta

Good Night

Kasun layọ o

magandang gabi

Good Evening

ka a ale

Magandang gabi

Good Afternoon

e kaasan

Magandang hapon

Good Morning

e kaaro

Magandang umaga

Please

Jowo

Mangyaring

Sorry

binu

pinagsisisihan

Bye

bye

Paalam

I Love You

mo nifẹ rẹ

Mahal kita

Excuse Me

mo tọrọ gafara

patawarin ninyo ako

Dialects

Dialect 1

Itsekiri

Bikol

Where They Speak

Nigeria

Philippines

How Many People Speak

500,000.00100,000,000.00

1.5 960000000

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Dialect 2

Ede

Hiligaynon

Where They Speak

Benin, Togo

Philippines

How Many People Speak

800,000.008,200,000.00

700 274000000

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Dialect 3

Ulukwumi

Waray

Where They Speak

Nigeria

Philippines

How Many People Speak

10,000.002,600,000.00

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 million90.00 million

0 1200

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Speaking Population

0.42 %1.74 %

0 89

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Native Speakers

28.00 million45.00 million

0 873

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Second Language Speakers

30.00 million45.00 million

0.01 400

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Native Name

Yorùbá

filipino

Alternative Names

Yariba, Yooba

Pilipino

French Name

yoruba

filipino; pilipino

German Name

Yoruba-Sprache

Pilipino

Pronunciation

[jòɾùbá]

[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]

Ethnicity

Yoruba people

Filipino people

History

Origin

4 BC

16th Century

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family

Austronesian Family

Subgroup

Western Sudanic

Branch

Kwa

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms

Standard Forms

Yorùbá

Filipino

Language Position

4934

1 120

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Signed Forms

Yoruba Sign Language

Filipino Sign Language

Scope

Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

No Data Available

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

yor

fil

ISO 639 2/B

yor

fil

ISO 639 3

yor

fil

ISO 639 6

yor

fil

Glottocode

yoru1245

fili1244

Linguasphere

No data available

No Data Available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Analytic, Isolating

Yoruba and Filipino Alphabets

Yoruba and Filipino Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Yoruba and Filipino. In Yoruba Alphabets there are 29 letters while in Filipino Alphabets there are 28 letters. To learn Yoruba and Filipino languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Yoruba and Filipino 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 Filipino greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Yoruba and Filipino are Most Spoken Languages.

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

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Yoruba and Filipino Speaking population

Yoruba and Filipino speaking population is one of the factors based on which Yoruba and Filipino languages can be compared. The total count of Yoruba and Filipino Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Filipino language is 1.74 %. 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 Filipino on Yoruba vs Filipino where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Yoruba and Filipino Language Codes

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