Yoruba and Finnish
Countries
Benin, Nigeria
European Union, Finland
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
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa
Mitä kuuluu?
Good Night
Kasun layọ o
hyvää yötä
Good Evening
ka a ale
Hyvää iltaa
Good Afternoon
e kaasan
Hyvää iltapäivää
Good Morning
e kaaro
Hyvää huomenta
I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ
Minä rakastan sinua
Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara
Anteeksi
Dialect 1
Itsekiri
Colloquial Finnish
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Finland
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Benin, Togo
Finland, Rauma
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Ulukwumi
Meänkieli
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Finland, Sweden
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Yorùbá
suomi / suomen kieli
Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba
Suomi
French Name
yoruba
finnois
German Name
Yoruba-Sprache
Finnisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈsuomi]
Ethnicity
Yoruba people
ethnic Finns
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Uralic Family
Subgroup
Western Sudanic
Finno-Ugric
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Finnic language
Standard Forms
Yorùbá
standard Finnish
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language
Signed Finnish
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
yoru1245
finn1318
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Agglutinative, Synthetic
All Yoruba and Finnish 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 Finnish dialects. Various dialects of Yoruba and Finnish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Yoruba are spoken in different Yoruba Speaking Countries whereas Finnish Dialects are spoken in different Finnish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Yoruba vs Finnish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Yoruba dialects include: Itsekiri, Ede. Finnish dialects include: Colloquial Finnish , Rauma. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Yoruba and Finnish Speaking population
Yoruba and Finnish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Yoruba and Finnish languages can be compared. The total count of Yoruba and Finnish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Finnish 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 Finnish on Yoruba vs Finnish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Yoruba and Finnish Language Codes
Yoruba and Finnish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Yoruba and Finnish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.