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Yoruba

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Countries

Countries

Benin, Nigeria
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara

Total No. Of Countries

246
0 46
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National Language

Nigeria
Spain

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands

Speaking Continents

Africa
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America

Minority Language

Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom

Regulated By

Yoruba Academy
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española

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.
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.

Similar To

Owo and Itsekiri languages
French Language

Derived From

-
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2927
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

125
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1722
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

36
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

30 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Ẹ n lẹ
hola

Thank You

e dupe
Gracias

How Are You?

Bawo ni o se wa
Cómo estás?

Good Night

Kasun layọ o
Buenas Noches

Good Evening

ka a ale
Bonne soirée

Good Afternoon

e kaasan
Buenas Tardes

Good Morning

e kaaro
Buenos Días

Please

Jowo
Por Favor

Sorry

binu
triste

Bye

bye
adiós

I Love You

mo nifẹ rẹ
Te Quiero

Excuse Me

mo tọrọ gafara
Discúlpeme

Dialects

Dialect 1

Itsekiri
Mexican Spanish

Where They Speak

Nigeria
Mexico

How Many People Speak

500,000.00105,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Ede
Cuban Spanish

Where They Speak

Benin, Togo
Cuba

How Many People Speak

800,000.0011,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Ulukwumi
Puerto Rican Spanish

Where They Speak

Nigeria
Puerto Rico

How Many People Speak

10,000.003,900,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

2021
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

30.00 million489.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.42 %6.15 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

28.00 million410.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

30.00 million89.50 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Yorùbá
Español

Alternative Names

Yariba, Yooba
Castellano, Castilian, Español

French Name

yoruba
espagnol; castillan

German Name

Yoruba-Sprache
Spanisch

Pronunciation

[jòɾùbá]
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]

Ethnicity

Yoruba people
Spanish people

History

Origin

4 BC
210 BC

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Western Sudanic
Romance

Branch

Kwa
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Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Old Spanish and Spanish

Standard Forms

Yorùbá
Pluricentric Standard Spanish

Language Position

492
1 120
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Signed Forms

Yoruba Sign Language
Signed Spanish

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

yo
es

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

yor
spa

ISO 639 2/B

yor
spa

ISO 639 3

yor
spa

ISO 639 6

yor
spa

Glottocode

yoru1245
stan1288

Linguasphere

No data available
51-AAA-b

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

Analytic, Isolating
Fusional, Synthetic

Yoruba and Spanish Alphabets

Yoruba and Spanish Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Yoruba and Spanish. In Yoruba Alphabets there are 29 letters while in Spanish Alphabets there are 27 letters. To learn Yoruba and Spanish languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Yoruba and Spanish 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 Spanish greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Yoruba and Spanish are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Yoruba and Spanish Speaking population

Yoruba and Spanish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Yoruba and Spanish languages can be compared. The total count of Yoruba and Spanish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Spanish language is 6.15 %. 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 Spanish on Yoruba vs Spanish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Yoruba and Spanish Language Codes

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