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Yoruba and Navajo


Navajo and Yoruba


Countries

Countries
Benin, Nigeria  
United States of America  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

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  
-  

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
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
36  
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
12  
9

How Many Consonants
17  
7
34  
24

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
88 weeks  
19

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
500,000.00  
99+
170,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Ede  
Navajo2  

Where They Speak
Benin, Togo  
New Mexico  

How Many People Speak
800,000.00  
99+
170,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi  
Navajo3  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Utah  

How Many People Speak
10,000.00  
99+
120,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.42 %  
34
0.05 %  
99+

Native Speakers
28.00 million  
29
1.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
30.00 million  
26
0.17 million  
99+

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  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Yorùbá  
Navajo  

Language Position
49  
99+
29  
27

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  

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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.

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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.

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