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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Benin, Nigeria
Nigeria
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
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2
Rank: 13 (Overall)
1
Rank: 14 (Overall)
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1.3 National Language
Nigeria
Nigeria
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa
1.6 Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
Equatorial Guinea
1.7 Regulated By
Yoruba Academy
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
1.8 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 Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
  • Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.
1.9 Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages
Not Available
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
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29
Rank: 11 (Overall)
36
Rank: 18 (Overall)
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2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
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12
Rank: 9 (Overall)
8
Rank: 5 (Overall)
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2.3.2 How Many Consonants
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17
Rank: 7 (Overall)
28
Rank: 18 (Overall)
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2.4 Scripts
Latin
Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
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3
Rank: 2 (Overall)
3
Rank: 2 (Overall)
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2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
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30 weeks
Rank: 9 (Overall)
52 weeks
Rank: 12 (Overall)
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3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Ẹ n lẹ
kedụ
3.2 Thank You
e dupe
dalụ
3.3 How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa
kedụ ka ịmere
3.4 Good Night
Kasun layọ o
ka chi fo
3.5 Good Evening
ka a ale
mgbede ọma
3.6 Good Afternoon
e kaasan
ehihie ọma
3.7 Good Morning
e kaaro
ụtụtụ ọma
3.8 Please
Jowo
Biko
3.9 Sorry
binu
Ndo
3.10 Bye
bye
Not Available
3.11 I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
3.12 Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara
ngọpụ
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Itsekiri
Enuani
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Nigeria
Nigeria
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
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500,000.00
Rank: 34 (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
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4.2 Dialect 2
Ede
Ngwa
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Benin, Togo
Nigeria
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
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800,000.00
Rank: 27 (Overall)
1,500,000.00
Rank: 22 (Overall)
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4.3 Dialect 3
Ulukwumi
Not present
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Nigeria
Not Available
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
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10,000.00
Rank: 34 (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
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4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
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20
Rank: 18 (Overall)
20
Rank: 18 (Overall)
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5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
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30.00 million
Rank: 36 (Overall)
25.00 million
Rank: 40 (Overall)
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5.2 Speaking Population
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0.42 %
Rank: 32 (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
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5.3 Native Speakers
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28.00 million
Rank: 29 (Overall)
25.00 million
Rank: 32 (Overall)
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5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
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5.3.2 Native Name
Yorùbá
igbo
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba
Ibo
5.3.4 French Name
yoruba
igbo
5.3.5 German Name
Yoruba-Sprache
Ibo-Sprache
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
[iɡ͡boː]
5.5 Ethnicity
Yoruba people
Igbo people
6 History
6.1 Origin
4 BC
30th Century BC
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Niger-Congo Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Western Sudanic
Kwa
6.2.2 Branch
Kwa
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6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Yorùbá
Standard Igbo
6.3.3 Language Position
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Rank: 42 (Overall)
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6.3.4 Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language
Not Available
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
yo
ig
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
yor
ibo
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
yor
ibo
7.3 ISO 639 3
yor
ibo
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
yoru1245
nucl1417
7.6 Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Agglutinative

Yoruba and Igbo Alphabets

Yoruba and Igbo Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Yoruba and Igbo. In Yoruba Alphabets there are 29 letters while in Igbo Alphabets there are 36 letters. To learn Yoruba and Igbo languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Yoruba and Igbo 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 Igbo greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Yoruba and Igbo are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Yoruba and Igbo Speaking population

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

Yoruba and Igbo Language Codes

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

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