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Yoruba
Yoruba

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Countries

Countries

Benin, Nigeria
Zimbabwe

Total No. Of Countries

21
0 46
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National Language

Nigeria
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa
Africa

Minority Language

Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Yoruba Academy
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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.
  • Shona language is tonal language.
  • The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.

Similar To

Owo and Itsekiri languages
Kalanga and Nambya Language

Derived From

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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2937
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

125
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1746
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

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Hard to Learn

Language Levels

34
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

30 weeks30 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Ẹ n lẹ
Mhoro

Thank You

e dupe
Waita zvako

How Are You?

Bawo ni o se wa
Wakadini zvako?

Good Night

Kasun layọ o
Urare zvakanaka

Good Evening

ka a ale
Manheru

Good Afternoon

e kaasan
Masikati

Good Morning

e kaaro
Mangwanani

Please

Jowo
Ndinokumbirawo

Sorry

binu
Ndineurombo

Bye

bye
bye

I Love You

mo nifẹ rẹ
Ndinokuda

Excuse Me

mo tọrọ gafara
Pamusoro

Dialects

Dialect 1

Itsekiri
Hwesa

Where They Speak

Nigeria
Zimbabwe

How Many People Speak

500,000.0011,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Ede
Karanga

Where They Speak

Benin, Togo
southern Zimbabwe

How Many People Speak

800,000.001,100,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Ulukwumi
Zezuru

Where They Speak

Nigeria
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland

How Many People Speak

10,000.0016.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

204
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

30.00 million25.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.42 %0.13 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

28.00 million8.30 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

30.00 million16.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Yorùbá
chiShona

Alternative Names

Yariba, Yooba
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru

French Name

yoruba
shona

German Name

Yoruba-Sprache
Schona-Sprache

Pronunciation

[jòɾùbá]
[ʃoːna]

Ethnicity

Yoruba people
Shona people

History

Origin

4 BC
20th century

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

Western Sudanic
Benue-Congo

Branch

Kwa
Bantu

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona

Standard Forms

Yorùbá
Standard Shona

Language Position

49107
1 120
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Signed Forms

Yoruba Sign Language
Signed Shona

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

yo
sn

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

yor
sna

ISO 639 2/B

yor
sna

ISO 639 3

yor
sna

ISO 639 6

yor
sna

Glottocode

yoru1245
core1255

Linguasphere

No data available
99-AUT-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology

Analytic, Isolating
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Yoruba and Shona Alphabets

Yoruba and Shona Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Yoruba and Shona. In Yoruba Alphabets there are 29 letters while in Shona Alphabets there are 37 letters. To learn Yoruba and Shona languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Yoruba and Shona languages. The Yoruba phonology consist Yoruba vowels and Yoruba consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Yoruba greetings vs Shona greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Yoruba and Shona are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Yoruba and Shona Speaking population

Yoruba and Shona speaking population is one of the factors based on which Yoruba and Shona languages can be compared. The total count of Yoruba and Shona Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 %. 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 Shona on Yoruba vs Shona where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Yoruba and Shona Language Codes

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