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Yoruba and Slovak


Slovak and Yoruba


Countries

Countries
Benin, Nigeria  
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
4  
11

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

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

Alphabets
29  
11
46  
26

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
15  
12

How Many Consonants
17  
7
38  
27

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
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

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!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Itsekiri  
Eastern Slovak  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
99+
5,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Ede  
Central Slovak  

Where They Speak
Benin, Togo  
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec  

How Many People Speak
800,000.00  
99+
5,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi  
Western Slovak  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie  

How Many People Speak
10,000.00  
99+
5,500,000.00  
37

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.42 %  
34
0.14 %  
99+

Native Speakers
28.00 million  
29
5.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
30.00 million  
26
6.00 million  
99+

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  

History

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
49  
99+
27  
25

Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language  
Slovak Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  
53-AAA-db  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Synthetic  

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

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Yoruba and Slovak Speaking population

Yoruba and Slovak speaking population is one of the factors based on which Yoruba and Slovak languages can be compared. The total count of Yoruba and Slovak Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Slovak language is 0.14 %. 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 Slovak on Yoruba vs Slovak where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Yoruba and Slovak Language Codes

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

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