Countries
Benin, Nigeria
China, Mongolia
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
Nigeria
China, Mongolia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Yoruba Academy
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
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.
- Mongolian was first written using Phagspa script in late 13th century.
- There is no connection between Mongolian, Japanese and Korean, but still in terms of grammar and sentence structure they are very similar.
Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages
Turkish Language
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2935
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1213
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1720
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Ẹ n lẹ
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
Thank You
e dupe
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
Good Night
Kasun layọ o
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
Good Evening
ka a ale
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
Good Afternoon
e kaasan
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
Good Morning
e kaaro
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
Please
Jowo
Хэрэв (Kherev)
Sorry
binu
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
Bye
bye
Баяртай (Bayartai)
I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
Dialect 1
Itsekiri
Khalkha Mongolian
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Mongolia
How Many People Speak
500,000.006,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Ede
Ordos Mongolian
Where They Speak
Benin, Togo
Mongolia
How Many People Speak
800,000.00123,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Ulukwumi
Khorchin Mongolian
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Mongolia
How Many People Speak
10,000.005,700,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
208
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million5.70 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.42 %0.14 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
28.00 million5.70 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
30.00 million5.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Yorùbá
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba
Khalkha, Buryat, Oirat
French Name
yoruba
mongol
German Name
Yoruba-Sprache
Mongolisch
Pronunciation
[jòɾùbá]
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
Ethnicity
Yoruba people
Mongols
Origin
4 BC
1224-1225
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Mongolic family
Subgroup
Western Sudanic
Mongolian
Branch
Kwa
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
Standard Forms
Yorùbá
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
Language Position
4926
1
120
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Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language
Mongolian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
yo
mn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
yor
mon
ISO 639 2/B
yor
mon
ISO 639 3
yor
mon
ISO 639 6
yor
mon
Glottocode
yoru1245
mong1331
Linguasphere
No data available
part of 44-BAA-b
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
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