Yoruba

Malagasy

Yoruba and Malagasy

Yoruba

Malagasy

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Countries

Benin, Nigeria

Madagascar

Total No. Of Countries

0 46

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National Language

Nigeria

Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa

Minority Language

Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America

Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Yoruba Academy

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.

Similar To

Owo and Itsekiri languages

Swahili and Comorian Languages

Derived From

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2921

18 247

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Phonology

How Many Vowels

125

0 32

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How Many Consonants

1720

9 60

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Scripts

Latin

Writing Direction

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

2 12

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Time Taken to Learn

30 weeks30 weeks

3 88

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Greetings

Hello

Ẹ n lẹ

Salama!

Thank You

e dupe

Misaotra

How Are You?

Bawo ni o se wa

Manao ahoana!

Good Night

Kasun layọ o

Alina tsara

Good Evening

ka a ale

Manao ahoana e

Good Afternoon

e kaasan

Manao ahoana e

Good Morning

e kaaro

Maraina tsara

Please

Jowo

azafady

Sorry

binu

Miala tsiny

Bye

bye

Veloma!

I Love You

mo nifẹ rẹ

Tiako ianao.

Excuse Me

mo tọrọ gafara

Azafady

Dialects

Dialect 1

Itsekiri

Eastern Malagasy

Where They Speak

Nigeria

Merina

How Many People Speak

500,000.005,000,000.00

1.5 960000000

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Dialect 2

Ede

Western Malagasy

Where They Speak

Benin, Togo

Sakalava

How Many People Speak

800,000.001,200,000.00

700 274000000

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Dialect 3

Ulukwumi

Plateau Malagasy

Where They Speak

Nigeria

How Many People Speak

10,000.0020,000,000.00

2 230000000

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Total No. Of Dialects

202

0 188

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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

30.00 million25.00 million

0 1200

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Speaking Population

0.42 %0.28 %

0 89

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Native Speakers

28.00 million18.00 million

0 873

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Second Language Speakers

30.00 million18.00 million

0.01 400

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Native Name

Yorùbá

Fiteny Malagasy

Alternative Names

Yariba, Yooba

Malagasy Sign Language

French Name

yoruba

malgache

German Name

Yoruba-Sprache

Malagassi-Sprache

Pronunciation

[jòɾùbá]

[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]

Ethnicity

Yoruba people

Malagasy people

History

Origin

4 BC

1000 AD

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family

Austronesian Family

Subgroup

Western Sudanic

Austronesian

Branch

Kwa

Indonesian

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms

Standard Forms

Yorùbá

standard Malagasy

Language Position

4984

1 120

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Signed Forms

Yoruba Sign Language

Malagasy Sign Language

Scope

Individual

Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

yor

mlg

ISO 639 2/B

yor

mlg

ISO 639 3

yor

mlg

ISO 639 6

yor

mlg

Glottocode

yoru1245

mala1537

Linguasphere

No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object

Verb-Object-Subject

Language Morphological Typology

Analytic, Isolating

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.

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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.