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Yoruba and Romanian


Romanian and Yoruba


Countries

Countries
Benin, Nigeria  
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
6  
9

National Language
Nigeria  
Moldova, Romania  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Kazakhstan, Russia  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Yoruba Academy  
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li  

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.
  
  • Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
  • The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  

Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages  
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.  

Derived From
-  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
31  
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
7  
4

How Many Consonants
17  
7
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Ẹ n lẹ  
alo  

Thank You
e dupe  
multumesc  

How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa  
ce mai faci?  

Good Night
Kasun layọ o  
noapte Buna  

Good Evening
ka a ale  
buna Seara  

Good Afternoon
e kaasan  
buna Ziua  

Good Morning
e kaaro  
bună Dimineața  

Please
Jowo  
Vă Rog  

Sorry
binu  
scuze  

Bye
bye  
La revedere  

I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ  
Te iubesc  

Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara  
Scuza-Ma  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Itsekiri  
Aromanian  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
99+
250,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Ede  
Megleno-Romanian  

Where They Speak
Benin, Togo  
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey  

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

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi  
Istro-Romanian  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
10,000.00  
99+
1,400.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
10  
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
28.00 million  
38

Speaking Population
0.42 %  
34
0.37 %  
37

Native Speakers
28.00 million  
29
24.00 million  
33

Second Language Speakers
30.00 million  
26
4.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Yorùbá  
Română  

Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba  
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian  

French Name
yoruba  
roumain; moldave  

German Name
Yoruba-Sprache  
Rumänisch  

Pronunciation
[jòɾùbá]  
[roˈmɨnə]  

Ethnicity
Yoruba people  
Romanians  

History

Origin
4 BC  
1521  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Western Sudanic  
-  

Branch
Kwa  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Romanian  

Standard Forms
Yorùbá  
Romanian  

Language Position
49  
99+
36  
33

Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language  
Romanian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
yo  
ro  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
yor  
ron  

ISO 639 2/B
yor  
rum  

ISO 639 3
yor  
ron  

ISO 639 6
yor  
ron  

Glottocode
yoru1245  
roma1327  

Linguasphere
No data available  
51-AAD-c  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Synthetic  

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

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Yoruba and Romanian Speaking population

Yoruba and Romanian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Yoruba and Romanian languages can be compared. The total count of Yoruba and Romanian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Romanian language is 0.37 %. 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 Romanian on Yoruba vs Romanian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Yoruba and Romanian Language Codes

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

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