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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Benin, Nigeria
Madagascar
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
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2
Rank: 13 (Overall)
1
Rank: 14 (Overall)
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1.3 National Language
Nigeria
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa
1.6 Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Yoruba Academy
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1.8 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.
  • Malagasy language was originated in southeast Asia, since it shares several common words and meanings with Indonesian Languages.
  • About 93% of the basic vocabulary is of Malayo-Polynesian origin in Malagasy language.
1.9 Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages
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1.10 Derived From
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2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
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29
Rank: 11 (Overall)
21
Rank: 3 (Overall)
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2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
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12
Rank: 9 (Overall)
5
Rank: 2 (Overall)
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2.3.2 How Many Consonants
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17
Rank: 7 (Overall)
20
Rank: 10 (Overall)
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2.4 Scripts
Latin
Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
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2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
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3
Rank: 2 (Overall)
3
Rank: 2 (Overall)
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2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
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30 weeks
Rank: 9 (Overall)
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
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3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Ẹ n lẹ
Salama!
3.2 Thank You
e dupe
Misaotra
3.3 How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa
Manao ahoana!
3.4 Good Night
Kasun layọ o
Alina tsara
3.5 Good Evening
ka a ale
Manao ahoana e
3.6 Good Afternoon
e kaasan
Manao ahoana e
3.7 Good Morning
e kaaro
Maraina tsara
3.8 Please
Jowo
azafady
3.9 Sorry
binu
Miala tsiny
3.10 Bye
bye
Veloma!
3.11 I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ
Tiako ianao.
3.12 Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara
Azafady
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Itsekiri
Eastern Malagasy
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Nigeria
Merina
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
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500,000.00
Rank: 34 (Overall)
5,000,000.00
Rank: 17 (Overall)
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4.2 Dialect 2
Ede
Western Malagasy
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Benin, Togo
Sakalava
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
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800,000.00
Rank: 27 (Overall)
1,200,000.00
Rank: 24 (Overall)
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4.3 Dialect 3
Ulukwumi
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4.3.1 Where They Speak
Nigeria
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4.3.2 How Many People Speak
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10,000.00
Rank: 34 (Overall)
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
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4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
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20
Rank: 18 (Overall)
2
Rank: 2 (Overall)
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5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
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30.00 million
Rank: 36 (Overall)
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
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5.2 Speaking Population
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0.42 %
Rank: 32 (Overall)
0.28 %
Rank: 40 (Overall)
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5.3 Native Speakers
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28.00 million
Rank: 29 (Overall)
18.00 million
Rank: 38 (Overall)
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5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
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5.3.2 Native Name
Yorùbá
Fiteny Malagasy
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba
Malagasy Sign Language
5.3.4 French Name
yoruba
malgache
5.3.5 German Name
Yoruba-Sprache
Malagassi-Sprache
5.4 Pronunciation
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5.5 Ethnicity
Yoruba people
Malagasy people
6 History
6.1 Origin
4 BC
1000 AD
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Austronesian Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Western Sudanic
Austronesian
6.2.2 Branch
Kwa
Indonesian
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Yorùbá
standard Malagasy
6.3.3 Language Position
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84
Rank: 56 (Overall)
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6.3.4 Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language
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6.4 Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
yo
mg
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
yor
mlg
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
yor
mlg
7.3 ISO 639 3
yor
mlg
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
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7.5 Glottocode
yoru1245
mala1537
7.6 Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Verb-Object-Subject
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
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Yoruba and Malagasy Alphabets

Yoruba and Malagasy Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Yoruba and Malagasy. In Yoruba Alphabets there are 29 letters while in Malagasy Alphabets there are 21 letters. To learn Yoruba and Malagasy languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Yoruba and Malagasy 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 Malagasy greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Yoruba and Malagasy are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Yoruba and Malagasy Speaking population

Yoruba and Malagasy speaking population is one of the factors based on which Yoruba and Malagasy languages can be compared. The total count of Yoruba and Malagasy Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Malagasy language is 0.28 %. 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 Malagasy on Yoruba vs Malagasy where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Yoruba and Malagasy Language Codes

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

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