Countries
Countries
Benin, Nigeria
Galicia
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Nigeria
Galicia
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Yoruba Academy
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)
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.
- In Galician language, there are no compound tenses.
- The earliest document in Galician language was written in 1228 which was legal charter for a municipality of Galicia.
Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages
Portuguese Language
Derived From
-
Latin
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2923
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
127
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1719
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
34
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks28 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Greetings
Hello
Ẹ n lẹ
Ola
Thank You
e dupe
Grazas
How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa
Que tal estás?
Good Night
Kasun layọ o
Boas noites
Good Evening
ka a ale
Boa tarde
Good Afternoon
e kaasan
Boa tarde
Good Morning
e kaaro
Bos días
Please
Jowo
Por favor
Sorry
binu
Síntoo!
Bye
bye
Adeus
I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ
Ámote
Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara
Perdoe!
Dialects
Dialect 1
Itsekiri
Eastern Galician
Where They Speak
Nigeria
East Galicia
How Many People Speak
500,000.002,700,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Ede
Central Galician
Where They Speak
Benin, Togo
Central Galicia
How Many People Speak
800,000.002,500,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Ulukwumi
Western Galician
Where They Speak
Nigeria
West Galicia
How Many People Speak
10,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
203
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million2.40 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.42 %0.05 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
28.00 million2.40 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
30.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Yorùbá
Galego
Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba
Galego, Gallego
French Name
yoruba
galicien
German Name
Yoruba-Sprache
Galicisch
Pronunciation
[jòɾùbá]
[ɡaˈleɣo]
Ethnicity
Yoruba people
Galician people
History
Origin
4 BC
c. 1175
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Western Sudanic
-
Branch
Kwa
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Medieval Galician
Standard Forms
Yorùbá
Galician
Language Position
4946
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language
Galician Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
yo
gl
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
yor
glg
ISO 639 2/B
yor
glg
ISO 639 3
yor
glg
ISO 639 6
yor
glg
Glottocode
yoru1245
gali1258
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
-