Yoruba and Javanese Speaking countries

Yoruba and Javanese as Minority Language

In Yoruba and Javanese speaking countries you will get the countries which have Yoruba and Javanese as minority language. The language which is spoken by minority of population in the country is called as minority language.

If you want to compare Yoruba and Javanese dialects, then you can go to Yoruba vs Javanese Dialects. Some of the official languages are also considered as minority languages.

Yoruba and Javanese Regulators

Yoruba and Javanese speaking countries provide you Yoruba and Javanese regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Yoruba Academy regulates Yoruba language.Javanese is regulated by . Also get to learn, Yoruba and Javanese Language History.

Yoruba and Javanese Continents

Thinking about Yoruba and Javanese continents in which Yoruba and Javanese speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Yoruba and Javanese. Most of the Yoruba speaking countries lie in Africa. While Javanese speaking countries lie in Asia. Continentwise, most of the languages belong to Asian Languages and African Languages. It's always fun to know about interesting facts of any language, so lets discuss about unknown facts of Yoruba and Javanese languages:

Yoruba 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.

Javanese Interesting Facts:

• The Javanese group is the largest ethnic group in Indonesian.
• The earliest writing in Javanese dates from the 4th Century AD, at that time Javanese was written with the Pallava alphabet.

The Yoruba language was derived from and is similar to Owo and Itsekiri languages whereas Yoruba language is similar to Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages and derived from .