Countries
Benin, Nigeria
West Java
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Nigeria
Indonesia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
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.
- The Sundanese language is second most widely spoken regional language in Indonesia.
Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages
Madurese and Malay Languages
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2933
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
125
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1716
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin, Sundanese
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks40 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Ẹ n lẹ
Halo
Thank You
e dupe
Nuhun
How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa
Kumaha kabarna?
Good Night
Kasun layọ o
Wilujeng kulem
Good Evening
ka a ale
Wilujeng wengi
Good Afternoon
e kaasan
Wilujeng siang
Good Morning
e kaaro
Wilujeng énjing
Please
Jowo
Mangga
Sorry
binu
Hapunten
Bye
bye
Wilujeng angkat
I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ
Abdi bogoh ka anjeun
Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara
Punten
Dialect 1
Itsekiri
Western dialect
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Banten
How Many People Speak
500,000.0040,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Ede
Northern dialect
Where They Speak
Benin, Togo
Bogor
How Many People Speak
800,000.0040,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Ulukwumi
Priangan dialect
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Bandung
How Many People Speak
10,000.0040,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
206
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million39.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.42 %0.57 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
28.00 million38.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
30.00 million39.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Yorùbá
Basa Sunda
Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba
Priangan, Sunda
French Name
yoruba
soundanais
German Name
Yoruba-Sprache
Sundanesisch
Pronunciation
[jòɾùbá]
[sʊnˈdæniːs]
Ethnicity
Yoruba people
Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui
Origin
4 BC
5th century AD
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Western Sudanic
Indonesian
Branch
Kwa
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Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Yorùbá
Sundanese
Language Position
4942
1
120
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Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language
Sundanese Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
yo
su
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
yor
sun
ISO 639 2/B
yor
sun
ISO 639 3
yor
sun
ISO 639 6
yor
sun
Glottocode
yoru1245
sund1251
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
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