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Yoruba
Yoruba

Indonesian
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Countries

Countries

Benin, Nigeria
Indonesia

Total No. Of Countries

21
0 46
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National Language

Nigeria
Indonesia

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
East Timor, Indonesia

Speaking Continents

Africa
Asia

Minority Language

Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands

Regulated By

Yoruba Academy
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa

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.
  • The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
  • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.

Similar To

Owo and Itsekiri languages
Malay language

Derived From

-
Malay and Dutch Languages

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

1719
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

37
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

30 weeks36 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Ẹ n lẹ
Halo

Thank You

e dupe
Terima kasih

How Are You?

Bawo ni o se wa
Apa kabar?

Good Night

Kasun layọ o
Selamat Malam

Good Evening

ka a ale
Malam yang baik

Good Afternoon

e kaasan
Selamat Sore

Good Morning

e kaaro
Selamat Pagi

Please

Jowo
mohon Untuk

Sorry

binu
maaf

Bye

bye
Selamat tinggal

I Love You

mo nifẹ rẹ
Aku cinta kamu

Excuse Me

mo tọrọ gafara
Permisi

Dialects

Dialect 1

Itsekiri
Sundanese

Where They Speak

Nigeria
Indonesia

How Many People Speak

500,000.0038,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Ede
Balinese

Where They Speak

Benin, Togo
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida

How Many People Speak

800,000.003,300,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Ulukwumi
Minangkabau

Where They Speak

Nigeria
Indonesia, Malaysia

How Many People Speak

10,000.006,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

2046
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 %1.16 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

28.00 million23.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

30.00 million140.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Yorùbá
Bahasa Melayu

Alternative Names

Yariba, Yooba
Bahasa Indonesia

French Name

yoruba
indonésien

German Name

Yoruba-Sprache
Bahasa Indonesia

Pronunciation

[jòɾùbá]
[bahaˈsa indoneˈsia]

Ethnicity

Yoruba people
Indonesians

History

Origin

4 BC
7th Century

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Austronesian Family

Subgroup

Western Sudanic
Indonesian

Branch

Kwa
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Old Malay

Standard Forms

Yorùbá
Indonesian

Language Position

4956
1 120
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Signed Forms

Yoruba Sign Language
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

yo
id

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

yor
ind

ISO 639 2/B

yor
ind

ISO 639 3

yor
ind

ISO 639 6

yor
ind

Glottocode

yoru1245
indo1316

Linguasphere

No data available
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Analytic, Isolating
Agglutinative

Yoruba and Indonesian Alphabets

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

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

Yoruba and Indonesian Speaking population

Yoruba and Indonesian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Yoruba and Indonesian languages can be compared. The total count of Yoruba and Indonesian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Indonesian language is 1.16 %. 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 Indonesian on Yoruba vs Indonesian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Yoruba and Indonesian Language Codes

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