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Yoruba and Finnish Speaking countries

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Countries

Benin, Nigeria
European Union, Finland

Total No. Of Countries

22
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National Language

Nigeria
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Estonia

Speaking Continents

Africa
Asia, Europe

Minority Language

Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden

Regulated By

Yoruba Academy
Institute for the Languages of Finland

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.
  • Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
  • In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.

Similar To

Owo and Itsekiri languages
Estonian and Livonian Languages

Derived From

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Yoruba vs Finnish Countries

Comparing Yoruba vs Finnish countries gives you idea about number of countries that speak Yoruba and Finnish languages.

So we find that, total number of countries where Yoruba is official language is 2 whereas total number of countries where Finnish is official language is 2

Find if Yoruba and Finnish are Most Spoken Languages. Comparison of Yoruba and Finnish speaking countries will give you the presence of Yoruba and Finnish languages in different countries. Along with Yoruba vs Finnish countries, you can also compare Yoruba vs Finnish.

Yoruba and Finnish as Minority Language

In Yoruba and Finnish speaking countries you will get the countries which have Yoruba and Finnish as minority language. The language which is spoken by minority of population in the country is called as minority language.

  • Yoruba as minority language: Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America.
  • Finnish as minority language: Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden.

If you want to compare Yoruba and Finnish dialects, then you can go to Yoruba vs Finnish Dialects. Some of the official languages are also considered as minority languages.

Yoruba and Finnish Regulators

Yoruba and Finnish speaking countries provide you Yoruba and Finnish regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Yoruba Academy regulates Yoruba language.Finnish is regulated by Institute for the Languages of Finland. Also get to learn, Yoruba and Finnish Language History.

Yoruba and Finnish Continents

Thinking about Yoruba and Finnish continents in which Yoruba and Finnish speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Yoruba and Finnish. Most of the Yoruba speaking countries lie in Africa. While Finnish speaking countries lie in Asia, Europe. Continentwise, most of the languages belong to Asian Languages and African Languages. It's always fun to know about interesting facts of any language, so lets discuss about unknown facts of Yoruba and Finnish languages:

Yoruba 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.

Finnish Interesting Facts:

  • Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
  • In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.

The Yoruba language was derived from and is similar to Owo and Itsekiri languages whereas Yoruba language is similar to Estonian and Livonian Languages and derived from .