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Yoruba and Javanese


Javanese and Yoruba


Countries

Countries
Benin, Nigeria  
Indonesia  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

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  
-  

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
-  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200  
Javanese-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
29  
11
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
6  
3

How Many Consonants
17  
7
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic, Javanese, Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Ẹ n lẹ  
Halo  

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  
matur nuwun  

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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Itsekiri  
Pekalongan  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
99+
82,000,000.00  
8

Dialect 2
Ede  
Cirebon  

Where They Speak
Benin, Togo  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
800,000.00  
99+
82,000,000.00  
5

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi  
Arekan  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
10,000.00  
99+
82,000,000.00  
6

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
16  
15

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
82.00 million  
19

Speaking Population
0.42 %  
34
1.25 %  
14

Native Speakers
28.00 million  
29
76.00 million  
13

Second Language Speakers
30.00 million  
26
82.00 million  
12

Native Name
Yorùbá  
basa Jawa  

Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba  
Djawa, Jawa  

French Name
yoruba  
javanais  

German Name
Yoruba-Sprache  
Javanisch  

Pronunciation
[jòɾùbá]  
[dʒɑˈʋɑnɛs]  

Ethnicity
Yoruba people  
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)  

History

Origin
4 BC  
450 AD  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Western Sudanic  
Indonesian  

Branch
Kwa  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Yorùbá  
Javanese  

Language Position
49  
99+
11  
10

Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language  
Javanese Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
yo  
jv  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
yor  
jav  

ISO 639 2/B
yor  
jav  

ISO 639 3
yor  
jav  

ISO 639 6
yor  
jav  

Glottocode
yoru1245  
java1253  

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  

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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.

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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.

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