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
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
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ
Te Quiero
Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara
Discúlpeme
Dialect 1
Itsekiri
Mexican Spanish
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Mexico
Dialect 2
Ede
Cuban Spanish
Where They Speak
Benin, Togo
Cuba
Dialect 3
Ulukwumi
Puerto Rican Spanish
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Puerto Rico
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
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Western Sudanic
Romance
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Spanish and Spanish
Standard Forms
Yorùbá
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language
Signed Spanish
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
yoru1245
stan1288
Linguasphere
No data available
51-AAA-b
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Fusional, Synthetic
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.