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Yoruba and Turkish


Turkish and Yoruba


Countries

Countries
Benin, Nigeria  
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
11  
5

National Language
Nigeria  
Turkey  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania  

Regulated By
Yoruba Academy  
Turkish Language Association  

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.
  
  • Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
  • Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  

Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages  
Azerbaijani Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
8  
5

How Many Consonants
17  
7
21  
11

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
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Ẹ n lẹ  
Merhaba  

Thank You
e dupe  
teşekkür ederim  

How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa  
Nasılsın?  

Good Night
Kasun layọ o  
İyi Geceler  

Good Evening
ka a ale  
İyi Akşamlar  

Good Afternoon
e kaasan  
Tünaydın  

Good Morning
e kaaro  
günaydın  

Please
Jowo  
lütfen  

Sorry
binu  
üzgünüm  

Bye
bye  
Hoşçakal  

I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ  
Seni seviyorum  

Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara  
Afedersiniz  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Itsekiri  
Azerbaijani Turkish  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
99+
26,000,000.00  
25

Dialect 2
Ede  
Crimean Turkish  

Where They Speak
Benin, Togo  
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  

How Many People Speak
800,000.00  
99+
480,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi  
Gagauz  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine  

How Many People Speak
10,000.00  
99+
140,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
9  
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
75.00 million  
23

Speaking Population
0.42 %  
34
0.95 %  
22

Native Speakers
28.00 million  
29
60.00 million  
20

Second Language Speakers
30.00 million  
26
15.00 million  
34

Native Name
Yorùbá  
Türkçe  

Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba  
Anatolian, Türkisch  

French Name
yoruba  
turc  

German Name
Yoruba-Sprache  
Türkisch  

Pronunciation
[jòɾùbá]  
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]  

Ethnicity
Yoruba people  
Turkish  

History

Origin
4 BC  
c. 1350  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Turkic Family  

Subgroup
Western Sudanic  
Turkic  

Branch
Kwa  
Southwestern(Oghuz)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish  

Standard Forms
Yorùbá  
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)  

Language Position
49  
99+
19  
17

Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language  
Turkish Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
yo  
tr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
yor  
tur  

ISO 639 2/B
yor  
tur  

ISO 639 3
yor  
tur  

ISO 639 6
yor  
tur  

Glottocode
yoru1245  
nucl1301  

Linguasphere
No data available  
44-AAB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Synthetic  

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

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Yoruba and Turkish Speaking population

Yoruba and Turkish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Yoruba and Turkish languages can be compared. The total count of Yoruba and Turkish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Turkish language is 0.95 %. 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 Turkish on Yoruba vs Turkish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Yoruba and Turkish Language Codes

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

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