Countries
Benin, Nigeria
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
Total No. Of Countries
23
0
46
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National Language
Nigeria
Gambia, Kazakhstan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Regulated By
Yoruba Academy
Kazakh language agency
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 Kazakh language can be written using a variety of scripts.
- Kazakh Language contains many words from Russian, Arabic, Mongol, Persian and other Turkic languages.
Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2924
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
125
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1717
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Cyrillic
Writing Direction
-
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Ẹ n lẹ
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
Thank You
e dupe
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
Good Night
Kasun layọ o
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
Good Evening
ka a ale
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
Good Afternoon
e kaasan
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
Good Morning
e kaaro
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
Please
Jowo
өтінемін (ötinemin)
Sorry
binu
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
Bye
bye
bye
I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
Dialect 1
Itsekiri
Northeastern Kazakh
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Kazakhstan
How Many People Speak
500,000.0018,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Ede
Southern Kazakh
Where They Speak
Benin, Togo
Kazakhstan
How Many People Speak
800,000.0018,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Ulukwumi
Western Kazakh
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Kazakhstan
How Many People Speak
10,000.0018,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
203
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million11.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.42 %0.17 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
28.00 million11.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
30.00 million18.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Yorùbá
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
French Name
yoruba
kazakh
German Name
Yoruba-Sprache
Kasachisch
Pronunciation
[jòɾùbá]
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
Ethnicity
Yoruba people
Kazahks
Origin
4 BC
17th Century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Turkic Family
Subgroup
Western Sudanic
Turkic
Branch
Kwa
Northwestern (Kipchak)
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Yorùbá
Kazakh
Language Position
4993
1
120
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Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language
Kazakh Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
yo
kk
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
yor
kaz
ISO 639 2/B
yor
kaz
ISO 639 3
yor
kaz
ISO 639 6
yor
kaz
Glottocode
yoru1245
kaza1248
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Agglutinative