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Yoruba and Swahili


Swahili and Yoruba


Countries

Countries
Benin, Nigeria  
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
4  
11

National Language
Nigeria  
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Africa  

Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Yoruba Academy  
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)  

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.
  
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
    •   

Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages  
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages  

Derived From
-  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
24  
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
5  
2

How Many Consonants
17  
7
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Ẹ n lẹ  
Habari  

Thank You
e dupe  
Asante  

How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa  
Habari gani?  

Good Night
Kasun layọ o  
Usiku mwema  

Good Evening
ka a ale  
Habari za jioni  

Good Afternoon
e kaasan  
nzuri Alasiri  

Good Morning
e kaaro  
Habari za asubuhi  

Please
Jowo  
tafadhali  

Sorry
binu  
pole  

Bye
bye  
bye  

I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ  
nakupenda  

Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara  
Samahani  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Itsekiri  
Kiunguja  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Zanzibar island  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
99+
75,000,000.00  
12

Dialect 2
Ede  
Kimrima  

Where They Speak
Benin, Togo  
Dar es Salaam  

How Many People Speak
800,000.00  
99+
75,000,000.00  
10

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi  
Kimgao  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Kilwa  

How Many People Speak
10,000.00  
99+
75,000,000.00  
9

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
150.00 million  
13

Speaking Population
0.42 %  
34
0.42 %  
34

Native Speakers
28.00 million  
29
15.00 million  
40

Second Language Speakers
30.00 million  
26
75.00 million  
14

Native Name
Yorùbá  
Kiswahili  

Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba  
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili  

French Name
yoruba  
swahili  

German Name
Yoruba-Sprache  
Swahili  

Pronunciation
[jòɾùbá]  
[swaˈhili]  

Ethnicity
Yoruba people  
Swahili people or Waswahili  

History

Origin
4 BC  
6th century  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Western Sudanic  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
Kwa  
Bantu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Yorùbá  
Swahili  

Language Position
49  
99+
21  
19

Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language  
Swahili Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
yo  
sw  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
yor  
swa  

ISO 639 2/B
yor  
swa  

ISO 639 3
yor  
swa  

ISO 639 6
yor  
swa  

Glottocode
yoru1245  
swah1254  

Linguasphere
No data available  
99-AUS-m  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
-  

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

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Yoruba and Swahili Speaking population

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

Yoruba and Swahili Language Codes

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

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