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Yoruba and Malaysian


Malaysian and Yoruba


Countries

Countries
Benin, Nigeria  
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
3  
12

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

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

Alphabets
29  
11
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
6  
3

How Many Consonants
17  
7
24  
14

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Itsekiri  
Bengkulu  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
99+
1,600,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Ede  
Pekal  

Where They Speak
Benin, Togo  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
800,000.00  
99+
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi  
Musi  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
10,000.00  
99+
3,100,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
24  
20

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
175.00 million  
10

Speaking Population
0.42 %  
34
1.16 %  
15

Native Speakers
28.00 million  
29
77.00 million  
12

Second Language Speakers
30.00 million  
26
98.00 million  
8

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  

History

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
49  
99+
54  
99+

Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language  
Malaysian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  

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

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Yoruba and Malaysian Speaking population

Yoruba and Malaysian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Yoruba and Malaysian languages can be compared. The total count of Yoruba and Malaysian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Malaysian language is 1.16 %. 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 Malaysian on Yoruba vs Malaysian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Yoruba and Malaysian Language Codes

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

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