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Yoruba
Yoruba

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Countries

Countries

Benin, Nigeria
United States of America

Total No. Of Countries

21
0 46
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National Language

Nigeria
United States of America

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa
North America

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.
  • Navajo language is tonal language, as it heavily relies on pitch to distinguish between similar words.
  • Navajo ethinc group is 2nd largest Native American group.

Similar To

Owo and Itsekiri languages
Apache Language

Derived From

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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2936
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

1212
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1734
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

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Hard to Learn

Language Levels

32
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

30 weeks88 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Ẹ n lẹ
Yá'át'ééh

Thank You

e dupe
Ahéhee'

How Are You?

Bawo ni o se wa
Ąąʼ haʼíí baa naniná?

Good Night

Kasun layọ o
Yá'át'ééh hiiłchi'į'

Good Evening

ka a ale
Yá'át'ééh ałní'íní

Good Afternoon

e kaasan
Yá'át'ééh

Good Morning

e kaaro
Yá'át'ééh abíní

Please

Jowo
T'aa shoodi

Sorry

binu
Nízhdził

Bye

bye
Hágoónee’

I Love You

mo nifẹ rẹ
Ayóó ánííníshí

Excuse Me

mo tọrọ gafara
Shoohá

Dialects

Dialect 1

Itsekiri
Navajo1

Where They Speak

Nigeria
Arizona

How Many People Speak

500,000.00170,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Ede
Navajo2

Where They Speak

Benin, Togo
New Mexico

How Many People Speak

800,000.00170,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Ulukwumi
Navajo3

Where They Speak

Nigeria
Utah

How Many People Speak

10,000.00120,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

204
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

30.00 million1.70 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.42 %0.05 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

28.00 million1.70 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

30.00 million0.17 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Yorùbá
Diné Bizaad / Dinék'ehjí

Alternative Names

Yariba, Yooba
Navaho

French Name

yoruba
navaho

German Name

Yoruba-Sprache
Navajo-Sprache

Pronunciation

[jòɾùbá]
[ˈnævəhoʊ]

Ethnicity

Yoruba people
Navajo people

History

Origin

4 BC
1500 CE

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Dené–Yeniseian Family

Subgroup

Western Sudanic
Athapascan

Branch

Kwa
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Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Yorùbá
Navajo

Language Position

4929
1 120
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Signed Forms

Yoruba Sign Language
Navajo Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

yo
nv

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

yor
nav

ISO 639 2/B

yor
nav

ISO 639 3

yor
nav

ISO 639 6

yor
nav

Glottocode

yoru1245
nava1243

Linguasphere

No data available
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

Analytic, Isolating
Fusional, Polysynthetic, Synthetic

Yoruba and Navajo Alphabets

Yoruba and Navajo Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Yoruba and Navajo. In Yoruba Alphabets there are 29 letters while in Navajo Alphabets there are 36 letters. To learn Yoruba and Navajo languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Yoruba and Navajo languages. The Yoruba phonology consist Yoruba vowels and Yoruba consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Yoruba greetings vs Navajo greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Yoruba and Navajo are Most Spoken Languages.

All Yoruba and Navajo 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 Navajo dialects. Various dialects of Yoruba and Navajo language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Yoruba are spoken in different Yoruba Speaking Countries whereas Navajo Dialects are spoken in different Navajo speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Yoruba vs Navajo Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Yoruba dialects include: Itsekiri, Ede. Navajo dialects include: Navajo1 , Navajo2. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Yoruba and Navajo Speaking population

Yoruba and Navajo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Yoruba and Navajo languages can be compared. The total count of Yoruba and Navajo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Navajo language is 0.05 %. 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 Navajo on Yoruba vs Navajo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Yoruba and Navajo Language Codes

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