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Yoruba and Macedonian


Macedonian and Yoruba


Countries

Countries
Benin, Nigeria  
Macedonia  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

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

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

Alphabets
29  
11
31  
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
5  
2

How Many Consonants
17  
7
26  
16

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

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)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Itsekiri  
Torlakian  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
99+
1.50  
99+

Dialect 2
Ede  
Debar  

Where They Speak
Benin, Togo  
Macedonia  

How Many People Speak
800,000.00  
99+
2,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi  
Galičnik  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Macedonia  

How Many People Speak
10,000.00  
99+
2,100,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
28  
23

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
2.50 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.42 %  
34
0.05 %  
99+

Native Speakers
28.00 million  
29
2.50 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
30.00 million  
26
2.00 million  
99+

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  

History

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
49  
99+
45  
99+

Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language  
Macedonian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  
53-AAA-ha  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Analytic  

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All Yoruba and Macedonian 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 Macedonian dialects. Various dialects of Yoruba and Macedonian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Yoruba are spoken in different Yoruba Speaking Countries whereas Macedonian Dialects are spoken in different Macedonian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Yoruba vs Macedonian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Yoruba dialects include: Itsekiri, Ede. Macedonian dialects include: Torlakian , Debar. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Yoruba and Macedonian Speaking population

Yoruba and Macedonian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Yoruba and Macedonian languages can be compared. The total count of Yoruba and Macedonian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Macedonian language is 0.05 %. 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 Macedonian on Yoruba vs Macedonian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Yoruba and Macedonian Language Codes

Yoruba and Macedonian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Yoruba and Macedonian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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