Countries
Benin, Nigeria
European Union, Ireland
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Nigeria
Ireland
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Ireland
Speaking Continents
Africa
Europe
Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
United Kingdom
Regulated By
Yoruba Academy
Foras na Gaeilge
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 Irish language, there are no exact words for "yes" or "no".
- There are different set of numbers for counting humans and another set for counting non-humans in Irish Language.
Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages
Scottish Gaelic and Welsh Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2918
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
125
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1713
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks36 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Ẹ n lẹ
Dia dhuit
Thank You
e dupe
Go raibh maith agat
How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa
Conas atá tú ?
Good Night
Kasun layọ o
Oíche mhaith
Good Evening
ka a ale
Tráthnóna maith duit
Good Afternoon
e kaasan
Tráthnóna maith duit
Good Morning
e kaaro
Dia dhuit ar maidin
Please
Jowo
le do thoil
Sorry
binu
Tá brón orm
Bye
bye
Slán
I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ
Is breá liom thú
Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara
Gabh mo leithscéal
Dialect 1
Itsekiri
Connacht Irish
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Connacht
How Many People Speak
500,000.00100,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Ede
Munster Irish
Where They Speak
Benin, Togo
Munster
How Many People Speak
800,000.00150,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Ulukwumi
Ulster Irish
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Ulster
How Many People Speak
10,000.00140,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
204
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million1.79 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.42 %0.03 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
28.00 million0.14 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
30.00 million1.65 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Yorùbá
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
French Name
yoruba
irlandais moyen
German Name
Yoruba-Sprache
Mittelirisch
Pronunciation
[jòɾùbá]
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
Ethnicity
Yoruba people
Irish people
Origin
4 BC
c. 750
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Western Sudanic
Celtic
Branch
Kwa
Goidelic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
Standard Forms
Yorùbá
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
Language Position
4925
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language
Irish Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
yo
ga
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
yor
gle
ISO 639 2/B
yor
gle
ISO 639 3
yor
gle
ISO 639 6
yor
gle
Glottocode
yoru1245
iris1253
Linguasphere
No data available
50-AAA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Fusional