Countries
Benin, Nigeria
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
Total No. Of Countries
24
0
46
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National Language
Nigeria
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Europe
Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
Regulated By
Yoruba Academy
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
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.
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages
Czech Language
Derived From
-
Czech-Slovak Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2946
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1215
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1738
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Ẹ n lẹ
Ahoj
Thank You
e dupe
Ďakujem vám
How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa
Ako sa máte?
Good Night
Kasun layọ o
Dobrú noc
Good Evening
ka a ale
Dobrý večer
Good Afternoon
e kaasan
Dobré popoludnie
Good Morning
e kaaro
Dobré ráno
Please
Jowo
Prosím
Sorry
binu
Pardón!
Bye
bye
Dovidenia
I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ
Ľúbim Ťa
Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara
Prepáčte!
Dialect 1
Itsekiri
Eastern Slovak
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
How Many People Speak
500,000.005,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Ede
Central Slovak
Where They Speak
Benin, Togo
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
How Many People Speak
800,000.005,500,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Ulukwumi
Western Slovak
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
How Many People Speak
10,000.005,500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
204
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million5.20 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.42 %0.14 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
28.00 million5.20 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
30.00 million6.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Yorùbá
slovenčina
Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba
Slovakian, Slovencina
French Name
yoruba
slovaque
German Name
Yoruba-Sprache
Slowakisch
Pronunciation
[jòɾùbá]
[ˈsləʊvæk]
Ethnicity
Yoruba people
Slovaks
Origin
4 BC
6th Century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Western Sudanic
Slavic
Branch
Kwa
Western
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Slavic
Standard Forms
Yorùbá
Slovak
Language Position
4927
1
120
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Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language
Slovak Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
yo
sk
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
yor
slk
ISO 639 2/B
yor
slo
ISO 639 3
yor
slk
ISO 639 6
yor
slk
Glottocode
yoru1245
slov1269
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Synthetic