Yoruba and Norwegian
Countries
Benin, Nigeria
Norway
National Language
Nigeria
Norway
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Europe, South America
Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
Nynorsk
Regulated By
Yoruba Academy
Norwegian Language Council
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.
- Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
- Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages
Swedish and Danish Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Norwegian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa
hvordan har du det?
Good Night
Kasun layọ o
god natt
Good Evening
ka a ale
god kveld
Good Afternoon
e kaasan
god ettermiddag
Good Morning
e kaaro
god morgen
I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ
Jeg Elsker Deg
Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara
unnskyld meg
Dialect 1
Itsekiri
Jamtlandic
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Jamtland,Harjedalen
Where They Speak
Benin, Togo
Sogn
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Ulukwumi
Hallingmål-Valdris
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Hallingdal, Valdres
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba
Norsk
French Name
yoruba
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
German Name
Yoruba-Sprache
Nynorsk
Pronunciation
Not Available
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
Ethnicity
Yoruba people
Norwegians
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Western Sudanic
Germanic
Branch
Kwa
Northern (Scandinavian)
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
Standard Forms
Yorùbá
Nynorsk, Bokmål
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language
Signed Norwegian
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
yoru1245
norw1258
Linguasphere
No data available
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Fusional
All Yoruba and Norwegian 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 Norwegian dialects. Various dialects of Yoruba and Norwegian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Yoruba are spoken in different Yoruba Speaking Countries whereas Norwegian Dialects are spoken in different Norwegian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Yoruba vs Norwegian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Yoruba dialects include: Itsekiri, Ede. Norwegian dialects include: Jamtlandic , Sognamål. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Yoruba and Norwegian Speaking population
Yoruba and Norwegian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Yoruba and Norwegian languages can be compared. The total count of Yoruba and Norwegian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Norwegian language is Not Available. 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 Norwegian on Yoruba vs Norwegian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Yoruba and Norwegian Language Codes
Yoruba and Norwegian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Yoruba and Norwegian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.