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Yoruba
Yoruba

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Countries

Countries

Benin, Nigeria
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu

Total No. Of Countries

232
0 46
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National Language

Nigeria
France

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Africa, Canada

Speaking Continents

Africa
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America

Minority Language

Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam

Regulated By

Yoruba Academy
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française

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.
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.

Similar To

Owo and Itsekiri languages
Italian Language

Derived From

-
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2926
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

126
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1720
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

36
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

30 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Ẹ n lẹ
bonjour

Thank You

e dupe
Merci

How Are You?

Bawo ni o se wa
Comment allez-vous?

Good Night

Kasun layọ o
bonne Nuit

Good Evening

ka a ale
bonsoir

Good Afternoon

e kaasan
bon Après-Midi

Good Morning

e kaaro
Bonjour

Please

Jowo
S'il vous plaît

Sorry

binu
désolé

Bye

bye
au revoir

I Love You

mo nifẹ rẹ
Je t'aime

Excuse Me

mo tọrọ gafara
Excuse Moi

Dialects

Dialect 1

Itsekiri
Quebec French

Where They Speak

Nigeria
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada

How Many People Speak

500,000.006,200,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Ede
African French

Where They Speak

Benin, Togo
Africa

How Many People Speak

800,000.00274,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Ulukwumi
Swiss French

Where They Speak

Nigeria
Northeast France, Switzerland

How Many People Speak

10,000.001,800,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

2025
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

30.00 million163.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.42 %1.12 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

28.00 million76.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

30.00 million87.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Yorùbá
français

Alternative Names

Yariba, Yooba
Français

French Name

yoruba
français

German Name

Yoruba-Sprache
Französisch

Pronunciation

[jòɾùbá]
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]

Ethnicity

Yoruba people
French people

History

Origin

4 BC
9th Century

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Western Sudanic
Romance

Branch

Kwa
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Old French, Middle French and French

Standard Forms

Yorùbá
Standard French

Language Position

4913
1 120
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Signed Forms

Yoruba Sign Language
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

yo
fr

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

yor
fra

ISO 639 2/B

yor
fre

ISO 639 3

yor
fra

ISO 639 6

yor
fras

Glottocode

yoru1245
stan1290

Linguasphere

No data available
51-AAA-i

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Analytic, Isolating
Fusional, Synthetic

Yoruba and French Alphabets

Yoruba and French Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Yoruba and French. In Yoruba Alphabets there are 29 letters while in French Alphabets there are 26 letters. To learn Yoruba and French languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Yoruba and French 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 French greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Yoruba and French are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Yoruba and French Speaking population

Yoruba and French speaking population is one of the factors based on which Yoruba and French languages can be compared. The total count of Yoruba and French Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 % whereas the percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 %. 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 French on Yoruba vs French where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Yoruba and French Language Codes

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