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Yoruba and Uyghur


Uyghur and Yoruba


Countries

Countries
Benin, Nigeria  
China  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Nigeria  
China  

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  
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan  

Regulated By
Yoruba Academy  
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region  

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.
  
  • Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
  • Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
  

Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages  
Uzbek Language  

Derived From
-  
Gokturk Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
36  
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
9  
6

How Many Consonants
17  
7
27  
17

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Ẹ n lẹ  
Ässalamu läykum.  

Thank You
e dupe  
rakhmat  

How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa  
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?  

Good Night
Kasun layọ o  
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun  

Good Evening
ka a ale  
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!  

Good Afternoon
e kaasan  
تۆنۈگۈن خەير  

Good Morning
e kaaro  
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!  

Please
Jowo  
birdam  

Sorry
binu  
kachurung  

Bye
bye  
Khayr khosh  

I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ  
sizni yahshi kOrman  

Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara  
Kachurung  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Itsekiri  
Turpan  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
China  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
99+
10,000,000.00  
37

Dialect 2
Ede  
Hotan  

Where They Speak
Benin, Togo  
China  

How Many People Speak
800,000.00  
99+
10,000,000.00  
37

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi  
Lop Nur  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
China  

How Many People Speak
10,000.00  
99+
25,000,000.00  
21

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
7  
7

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.42 %  
34
0.12 %  
99+

Native Speakers
28.00 million  
29
8.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
30.00 million  
26
25.00 million  
27

Native Name
Yorùbá  
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)  

Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba  
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga  

French Name
yoruba  
ouïgour  

German Name
Yoruba-Sprache  
Uigurisch  

Pronunciation
[jòɾùbá]  
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]  

Ethnicity
Yoruba people  
Uyghur  

History

Origin
4 BC  
11  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Turkic Family  

Subgroup
Western Sudanic  
-  

Branch
Kwa  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki  

Standard Forms
Yorùbá  
Uyghur  

Language Position
49  
99+
98  
99+

Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language  
Signed Uyghur  

Scope
Individual  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
yo  
ug  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
yor  
uig  

ISO 639 2/B
yor  
uig  

ISO 639 3
yor  
uig  

ISO 639 6
yor  
uig  

Glottocode
yoru1245  
uigh1240  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
-  

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

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Yoruba and Uyghur Speaking population

Yoruba and Uyghur speaking population is one of the factors based on which Yoruba and Uyghur languages can be compared. The total count of Yoruba and Uyghur Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Uyghur language is 0.12 %. 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 Uyghur on Yoruba vs Uyghur where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Yoruba and Uyghur Language Codes

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

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