Countries
Benin, Nigeria
Burkina Faso
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Nigeria
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo
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
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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.
- Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
- Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages
Dagbani Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2926
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
128
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1716
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Ẹ n lẹ
Kia ora
Thank You
e dupe
Laafi bala
How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa
Laafi beme ?
Good Night
Kasun layọ o
Ne y yungo
Good Evening
ka a ale
ne y zabre
Good Afternoon
e kaasan
Kia ora
Good Morning
e kaaro
Ne y yibeogo
Please
Jowo
gafare
Sorry
binu
gafare
Bye
bye
Wend na kon-d nindaare
I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ
Kei te aroha au ki a koe
Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara
Y gafare
Dialect 1
Itsekiri
Ouapadoupou
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Burkina Faso
How Many People Speak
500,000.007,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Ede
Saremde
Where They Speak
Benin, Togo
Burkina Faso
How Many People Speak
800,000.007,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Ulukwumi
Taolende
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Burkina Faso
How Many People Speak
10,000.007,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
208
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
30.00 million7.60 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.42 %0.11 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
28.00 million7.60 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
30.00 million5.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Yorùbá
Mosse
Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba
Mossi, Mòoré, Mooré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi, Mòoré, Moré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi
French Name
yoruba
moré
German Name
Yoruba-Sprache
Mossi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[jòɾùbá]
[mɔ̀ːsì]
Ethnicity
Yoruba people
Mossi
Origin
4 BC
11th Century AD
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Western Sudanic
Western Sudanic
Branch
Kwa
Gur (Voltaic)
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Yorùbá
Mossi
Language Position
4937
1
120
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Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language
Mossi Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
yo
No data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
yor
mos
ISO 639 2/B
yor
mos
ISO 639 3
yor
mos
ISO 639 6
yor
mos
Glottocode
yoru1245
moss1236
Linguasphere
No data available
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
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