Countries
Benin, Nigeria
Macedonia
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Nigeria
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Europe
Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
Albania, Romania, Serbia
Regulated By
Yoruba Academy
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"
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.
- There are plenty of loan words in Macedonian language from the Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian languages.
- The only Indo-European language that make use of the narrative mood is Macedonian language.
Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2931
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
125
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1726
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
Writing Direction
-
-
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
Здраво (Zdravo)
Thank You
e dupe
Благодарам (Blagodaram)
How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa
Како си? (Kako si?)
Good Night
Kasun layọ o
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)
Good Evening
ka a ale
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)
Good Afternoon
e kaasan
Добар ден (Dobar den)
Good Morning
e kaaro
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
Please
Jowo
Ве молиме (Ve molime)
Sorry
binu
жал (žal)
Bye
bye
Чао (Čao)
I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ
Те сакам (Te sakam)
Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Dialect 1
Itsekiri
Torlakian
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
How Many People Speak
500,000.001.50
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Ede
Debar
Where They Speak
Benin, Togo
Macedonia
How Many People Speak
800,000.002,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Ulukwumi
Galičnik
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Macedonia
How Many People Speak
10,000.002,100,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
2028
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million2.50 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.42 %0.05 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
28.00 million2.50 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
30.00 million2.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Yorùbá
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)
Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic
French Name
yoruba
macédonien
German Name
Yoruba-Sprache
Makedonisch
Pronunciation
[jòɾùbá]
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]
Ethnicity
Yoruba people
Macedonians
Origin
4 BC
2200 BC
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Western Sudanic
Slavic
Branch
Kwa
Southern
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Yorùbá
Macedonian
Language Position
4945
1
120
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Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language
Macedonian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
yo
mk
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
yor
mkd
ISO 639 2/B
yor
mac
ISO 639 3
yor
mkd
ISO 639 6
yor
mkd
Glottocode
yoru1245
mace1250
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Analytic