Countries
Benin, Nigeria
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Total No. Of Countries
25
0
46
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National Language
Nigeria
North Korea, South Korea
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
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Regulated By
Yoruba Academy
The National Institute of the Korean Language
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.
- Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
- Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages
Chinese and Japanese languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2940
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1221
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1719
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Hangul
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Ẹ n lẹ
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Thank You
e dupe
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Good Night
Kasun layọ o
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Good Evening
ka a ale
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Good Afternoon
e kaasan
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Good Morning
e kaaro
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Please
Jowo
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Sorry
binu
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Bye
bye
안녕 (annyeong)
I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Dialect 1
Itsekiri
Jeju
Where They Speak
Nigeria
South Korea
How Many People Speak
500,000.0010,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Ede
Gyeongsang
Where They Speak
Benin, Togo
South Korea
How Many People Speak
800,000.0010,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Ulukwumi
Hamgyŏng
Where They Speak
Nigeria
China, North Korea
How Many People Speak
10,000.0077,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
2012
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million77.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.42 %1.14 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
28.00 million77.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
30.00 million77.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Yorùbá
한국어 (조선말)
Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
French Name
yoruba
coréen
German Name
Yoruba-Sprache
Koreanisch
Pronunciation
[jòɾùbá]
[hangukmal]
Ethnicity
Yoruba people
Koreans
Origin
4 BC
Before 1st century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Koreanic Family
Subgroup
Western Sudanic
-
Branch
Kwa
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Standard Forms
Yorùbá
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Language Position
4912
1
120
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Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language
Korean Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
yo
ko
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
yor
kor
ISO 639 2/B
yor
kor
ISO 639 3
yor
Kor
ISO 639 6
yor
kor
Glottocode
yoru1245
kore1280
Linguasphere
No data available
45-AAA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Agglutinative