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Yoruba and Norwegian


Norwegian and Yoruba


Countries

Countries
Benin, Nigeria  
Norway  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

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
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
9  
6

How Many Consonants
17  
7
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Ẹ n lẹ  
hallo  

Thank You
e dupe  
takk  

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  

Please
Jowo  
Vær så snill  

Sorry
binu  
unnskyld  

Bye
bye  
ha det  

I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ  
Jeg Elsker Deg  

Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara  
unnskyld meg  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Itsekiri  
Jamtlandic  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Jamtland,Harjedalen  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
99+
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Ede  
Sognamål  

Where They Speak
Benin, Togo  
Sogn  

How Many People Speak
800,000.00  
99+
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi  
Hallingmål-Valdris  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Hallingdal, Valdres  

How Many People Speak
10,000.00  
99+
5,000,000.00  
38

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
19  
17

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.42 %  
34
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
28.00 million  
29
5.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
30.00 million  
26
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Yorùbá  
Norsk  

Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba  
Norsk  

French Name
yoruba  
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien  

German Name
Yoruba-Sprache  
Nynorsk  

Pronunciation
[jòɾùbá]  
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)  

Ethnicity
Yoruba people  
Norwegians  

History

Origin
4 BC  
c. 1300 AD  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Western Sudanic  
Germanic  

Branch
Kwa  
Northern (Scandinavian)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian  

Standard Forms
Yorùbá  
Nynorsk, Bokmål  

Language Position
49  
99+
18  
16

Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language  
Signed Norwegian  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
yo  
no  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
yor  
nor  

ISO 639 2/B
yor  
nor  

ISO 639 3
yor  
nor  

ISO 639 6
yor  
nor  

Glottocode
yoru1245  
norw1258  

Linguasphere
No data available  
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Fusional  

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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.

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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 0.07 %. 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.

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