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Yoruba

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Yoruba and Madurese

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Countries

Countries

Benin, Nigeria
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore

Total No. Of Countries

25
0 46
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National Language

Nigeria
Indonesia, Island of Madura

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
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Yoruba Academy
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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 is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
  • Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.

Similar To

Owo and Itsekiri languages
Malay and Javanese Languages

Derived From

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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2927
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

126
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1721
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

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Hard to Learn

Language Levels

34
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

30 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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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
tolong

Sorry

binu
Nyuwun pangapunten

Bye

bye
Pamit

I Love You

mo nifẹ rẹ
Kula tresna panjengan

Excuse Me

mo tọrọ gafara
Nuwun séwu

Dialects

Dialect 1

Itsekiri
Kangean

Where They Speak

Nigeria
Indonesia

How Many People Speak

500,000.00110,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Ede
Bawean

Where They Speak

Benin, Togo
Indonesia

How Many People Speak

800,000.008,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Ulukwumi
Bangkalan

Where They Speak

Nigeria
Indonesia

How Many People Speak

10,000.008,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

206
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

30.00 million15.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.42 %0.23 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

28.00 million15.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

30.00 million14.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Yorùbá
Madurese

Alternative Names

Yariba, Yooba
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura

French Name

yoruba
madourais

German Name

Yoruba-Sprache
Maduresisch

Pronunciation

[jòɾùbá]
[madura]

Ethnicity

Yoruba people
Madurese

History

Origin

4 BC
8th Century AD

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Austronesian Family

Subgroup

Western Sudanic
Indonesian

Branch

Kwa
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Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Yorùbá
Madurese

Language Position

4969
1 120
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Signed Forms

Yoruba Sign Language
Madurese Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

yo
No data Available

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

yor
mad

ISO 639 2/B

yor
mad

ISO 639 3

yor
mad

ISO 639 6

yor
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Glottocode

yoru1245
madu1247

Linguasphere

No data available
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology

Analytic, Isolating
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Yoruba and Madurese Alphabets

Yoruba and Madurese Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Yoruba and Madurese. In Yoruba Alphabets there are 29 letters while in Madurese Alphabets there are 27 letters. To learn Yoruba and Madurese languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Yoruba and Madurese languages. The Yoruba phonology consist Yoruba vowels and Yoruba consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Yoruba greetings vs Madurese greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Yoruba and Madurese are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Yoruba and Madurese Speaking population

Yoruba and Madurese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Yoruba and Madurese languages can be compared. The total count of Yoruba and Madurese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Madurese language is 0.23 %. 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 Madurese on Yoruba vs Madurese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Yoruba and Madurese Language Codes

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