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Yoruba and Russian


Russian and Yoruba


Countries

Countries
Benin, Nigeria  
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
4  
11

National Language
Nigeria  
Russia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Afganistan  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  

Regulated By
Yoruba Academy  
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences  

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.
  
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  

Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages  
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages  

Derived From
-  
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
10  
7

How Many Consonants
17  
7
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Ẹ n lẹ  
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)  

Thank You
e dupe  
спасибо(spasibo)  

How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa  
Как дела? (Kak dela?)  

Good Night
Kasun layọ o  
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)  

Good Evening
ka a ale  
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)  

Good Afternoon
e kaasan  
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')  

Good Morning
e kaaro  
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)  

Please
Jowo  
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)  

Sorry
binu  
Извините(Izvinite)  

Bye
bye  
до свидания(do svidaniya)  

I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ  
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)  

Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara  
извините(izvinite)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Itsekiri  
Doukhobor Russian  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan  

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

Dialect 2
Ede  
Olonets  

Where They Speak
Benin, Togo  
Olonets  

How Many People Speak
800,000.00  
99+
154,000,000.00  
2

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi  
Novgorod  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Novgorod  

How Many People Speak
10,000.00  
99+
154,000,000.00  
2

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
13  
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
276.00 million  
6

Speaking Population
0.42 %  
34
2.33 %  
9

Native Speakers
28.00 million  
29
166.00 million  
8

Second Language Speakers
30.00 million  
26
110.00 million  
7

Native Name
Yorùbá  
Русский  

Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba  
Russki  

French Name
yoruba  
russe  

German Name
Yoruba-Sprache  
Russisch  

Pronunciation
[jòɾùbá]  
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]  

Ethnicity
Yoruba people  
Russians  

History

Origin
4 BC  
1000 AD  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family  

Subgroup
Western Sudanic  
Slavic  

Branch
Kwa  
Eastern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old East Slavic  

Standard Forms
Yorùbá  
Standard Russian  

Language Position
49  
99+
7  
7

Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language  
Signed Russian  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
yo  
ru  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
yor  
rus  

ISO 639 2/B
yor  
rus  

ISO 639 3
yor  
rus  

ISO 639 6
yor  
rus  

Glottocode
yoru1245  
russ1263  

Linguasphere
No data available  
53-AAA-ea  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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

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Yoruba and Russian Speaking population

Yoruba and Russian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Yoruba and Russian languages can be compared. The total count of Yoruba and Russian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 %. 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 Russian on Yoruba vs Russian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Yoruba and Russian Language Codes

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

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