Yoruba and Javanese
Countries
Benin, Nigeria
Indonesia
National Language
Nigeria
Indonesia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname
Regulated By
Yoruba Academy
Not Available
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 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.
Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Javanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Javanese, Latin
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
e dupe
matur nuwun
How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa
piye kabare?
Good Night
Kasun layọ o
wengi sing apik
Good Evening
ka a ale
Sugeng sọnten
Good Afternoon
e kaasan
Sugeng siang
Good Morning
e kaaro
Sugeng énjing
Please
Jowo
Not Available
Sorry
binu
Nyuwun pangapunten
Bye
bye
Kepanggih malih benjang
I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ
Kula tresna panjengan
Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara
Nuwun séwu
Dialect 1
Itsekiri
Pekalongan
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Benin, Togo
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Ulukwumi
Arekan
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
Yorùbá
basa Jawa
Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba
Djawa, Jawa
French Name
yoruba
javanais
German Name
Yoruba-Sprache
Javanisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Yoruba people
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Western Sudanic
Indonesian
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Yorùbá
Javanese
Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
yoru1245
java1253
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Agglutinative
All Yoruba and Javanese 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 Javanese dialects. Various dialects of Yoruba and Javanese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Yoruba are spoken in different Yoruba Speaking Countries whereas Javanese Dialects are spoken in different Javanese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Yoruba vs Javanese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Yoruba dialects include: Itsekiri, Ede. Javanese dialects include: Pekalongan , Cirebon. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Yoruba and Javanese Speaking population
Yoruba and Javanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Yoruba and Javanese languages can be compared. The total count of Yoruba and Javanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Javanese language is 1.25 %. 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 Javanese on Yoruba vs Javanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Yoruba and Javanese Language Codes
Yoruba and Javanese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Yoruba and Javanese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.