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Yoruba and Maltese


Maltese and Yoruba


Countries

Countries
Benin, Nigeria  
European Union, Malta  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Nigeria  
Malta  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Europe  

Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America  

Regulated By
Yoruba Academy  
National Council for the Maltese Language  

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.
  
  • Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
  • Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
  

Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages  
Western Arabic Dialects  

Derived From
-  
Roman Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
30  
12

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
30 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
Ẹ n lẹ  
Ħello  

Thank You
e dupe  
Grazzi  

How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa  
Kif int?  

Good Night
Kasun layọ o  
Il-Lejla it-tajba  

Good Evening
ka a ale  
Il-Lejla it-tajba  

Good Afternoon
e kaasan  
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb  

Good Morning
e kaaro  
L-għodwa t-tajba  

Please
Jowo  
Jekk jogħġbok  

Sorry
binu  
Skużani!  

Bye
bye  
Ċaw  

I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ  
Inħobbok ħafna  

Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara  
Skużi!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Itsekiri  
Qormi  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Malta  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
99+
520,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Ede  
Żejtun  

Where They Speak
Benin, Togo  
Malta  

How Many People Speak
800,000.00  
99+
500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi  
Not Present  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
-  

How Many People Speak
10,000.00  
99+
500,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
2  
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
0.52 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.42 %  
34
0.02 %  
99+

Native Speakers
28.00 million  
29
0.52 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
30.00 million  
26
0.50 million  
99+

Native Name
Yorùbá  
Malti  

Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba  
Malti  

French Name
yoruba  
maltais  

German Name
Yoruba-Sprache  
Maltesisch  

Pronunciation
[jòɾùbá]  
[mɔːltiːz]  

Ethnicity
Yoruba people  
Maltese  

History

Origin
4 BC  
c. 1470  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Western Sudanic  
Semitic  

Branch
Kwa  
North Abric  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Yorùbá  
Maltese  

Language Position
49  
99+
25  
23

Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language  
Maltese Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
yo  
mt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
yor  
mlt  

ISO 639 2/B
yor  
mlt  

ISO 639 3
yor  
mlt  

ISO 639 6
yor  
mlt  

Glottocode
yoru1245  
malt1254  

Linguasphere
No data available  
12-AAC-c  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Synthetic  

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

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Yoruba and Maltese Speaking population

Yoruba and Maltese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Yoruba and Maltese languages can be compared. The total count of Yoruba and Maltese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Maltese language is 0.02 %. 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 Maltese on Yoruba vs Maltese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Yoruba and Maltese Language Codes

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

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