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Yoruba and Swedish


Swedish and Yoruba


Countries

Countries
Benin, Nigeria  
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
4  
11

National Language
Nigeria  
Sweden  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Finland  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Antartica, Europe  

Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Regulated By
Yoruba Academy  
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council  

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.
  
  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  

Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages  
Norwegian and Danish Language  

Derived From
-  
Old Norse Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200  
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
29  
11
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
9  
6

How Many Consonants
17  
7
18  
8

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
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Ẹ n lẹ  
hej  

Thank You
e dupe  
tacka dig  

How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa  
hur mår du  

Good Night
Kasun layọ o  
godnatt  

Good Evening
ka a ale  
god kväll  

Good Afternoon
e kaasan  
god eftermiddag  

Good Morning
e kaaro  
god morgon  

Please
Jowo  
vänligen  

Sorry
binu  
ledsen  

Bye
bye  
hej då  

I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ  
jag älskar dig  

Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara  
ursäkta mig  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Itsekiri  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Gabon  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
99+
78,000,000.00  
9

Dialect 2
Ede  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
Benin, Togo  
Georgia  

How Many People Speak
800,000.00  
99+
78,000,000.00  
7

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
France  

How Many People Speak
10,000.00  
99+
96,000,000.00  
5

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
79  
33

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.42 %  
34
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
28.00 million  
29
8.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
30.00 million  
26
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Yorùbá  
Svenska  

Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba  
Ruotsi, Svenska  

French Name
yoruba  
suédois  

German Name
Yoruba-Sprache  
Schwedisch  

Pronunciation
[jòɾùbá]  
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]  

Ethnicity
Yoruba people  
Swedes, Finland Swedes  

History

Origin
4 BC  
13th Century  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Western Sudanic  
Germanic  

Branch
Kwa  
Northern (Scandinavian)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Swedish  

Standard Forms
Yorùbá  
Standard Swedish  

Language Position
49  
99+
89  
99+

Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language  
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
yo  
sv  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
yor  
swe  

ISO 639 2/B
yor  
swe  

ISO 639 3
yor  
swe  

ISO 639 6
yor  
swe  

Glottocode
yoru1245  
swed1254  

Linguasphere
No data available  
52-AAA-ck to -cw  

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

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Yoruba and Swedish Speaking population

Yoruba and Swedish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Yoruba and Swedish languages can be compared. The total count of Yoruba and Swedish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Swedish language is 0.13 %. 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 Swedish on Yoruba vs Swedish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Yoruba and Swedish Language Codes

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

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