Countries
Benin, Nigeria
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
Total No. Of Countries
23
0
46
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National Language
Nigeria
Malaysia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Indonesia
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
Thailand
Regulated By
Yoruba Academy
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
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.
- One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages
Indonesian Language
Derived From
-
Tamil Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2926
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
126
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1724
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks36 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Ẹ n lẹ
Hai
Thank You
e dupe
terima kasih
How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa
Apa khabar?
Good Night
Kasun layọ o
Selamat Malam
Good Evening
ka a ale
Selamat Petang
Good Afternoon
e kaasan
Selamat tengah hari
Good Morning
e kaaro
Selamat pagi
Please
Jowo
sila
Sorry
binu
maaf
Bye
bye
Selamat tinggal
I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ
Saya sayang kamu
Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara
Maafkan saya
Dialect 1
Itsekiri
Bengkulu
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
How Many People Speak
500,000.001,600,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Ede
Pekal
Where They Speak
Benin, Togo
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
800,000.0030,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Ulukwumi
Musi
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
10,000.003,100,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
2024
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million175.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.42 %1.16 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
28.00 million77.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
30.00 million98.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Yorùbá
Bahasa melayu
Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba
Bahasa Malaysia
French Name
yoruba
malais
German Name
Yoruba-Sprache
Malaiisch
Pronunciation
[jòɾùbá]
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
Ethnicity
Yoruba people
Malaysian people
Origin
4 BC
c. 683 AD
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Western Sudanic
-
Branch
Kwa
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
Standard Forms
Yorùbá
Pluricentric Standard Malay
Language Position
4954
1
120
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Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language
Malaysian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
yo
ms
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
yor
msa
ISO 639 2/B
yor
may
ISO 639 3
yor
zsm
ISO 639 6
yor
may
Glottocode
yoru1245
stan1306
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Agglutinative