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Yoruba and Welsh


Welsh and Yoruba


Countries

Countries
Benin, Nigeria  
Wales  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Nigeria  
Wales  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Europe  

Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Argentina, United Kingdom  

Regulated By
Yoruba Academy  
Welsh Language Commissioner  

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.
  
  • One of the Celtic language still spoken with great numbers of speakers is Welsh language.
  • Welsh was evolved from British , which was spoken by ancient Britons.
  

Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages  
English Language  

Derived From
-  
British Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
7  
4

How Many Consonants
17  
7
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
30 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
Ẹ n lẹ  
Helô  

Thank You
e dupe  
Diolch  

How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa  
Sut ydych chi?  

Good Night
Kasun layọ o  
Nos da  

Good Evening
ka a ale  
Noswaith dda  

Good Afternoon
e kaasan  
P'nawn da  

Good Morning
e kaaro  
Bore da  

Please
Jowo  
os gwelwch yn dda  

Sorry
binu  
Mae'n ddrwg gennym  

Bye
bye  
Hwyl  

I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ  
Dw i'n dy garu di  

Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara  
Esgusodwch fi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Itsekiri  
Patagonian Welsh  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Argentina  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
99+
38,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Ede  
Y Wyndodeg  

Where They Speak
Benin, Togo  
Gwynedd  

How Many People Speak
800,000.00  
99+
700,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi  
Y Bowyseg  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Powys  

How Many People Speak
10,000.00  
99+
700,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
8  
8

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.42 %  
34
0.24 %  
99+

Native Speakers
28.00 million  
29
7.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
30.00 million  
26
0.70 million  
99+

Native Name
Yorùbá  
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg  

Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba  
Cymraeg  

French Name
yoruba  
gallois  

German Name
Yoruba-Sprache  
Kymrisch  

Pronunciation
[jòɾùbá]  
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]  

Ethnicity
Yoruba people  
Welsh people  

History

Origin
4 BC  
9th Century  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Western Sudanic  
Celtic  

Branch
Kwa  
Brythonic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh  

Standard Forms
Yorùbá  
Welsh  

Language Position
49  
99+
31  
29

Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language  
Welsh Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
yo  
cy  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
yor  
cym  

ISO 639 2/B
yor  
wel  

ISO 639 3
yor  
cym  

ISO 639 6
yor  
cym  

Glottocode
yoru1245  
wels1247  

Linguasphere
No data available  
50-ABA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Historical  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Fusional  

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

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Yoruba and Welsh Speaking population

Yoruba and Welsh speaking population is one of the factors based on which Yoruba and Welsh languages can be compared. The total count of Yoruba and Welsh Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Welsh language is 0.24 %. 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 Welsh on Yoruba vs Welsh where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Yoruba and Welsh Language Codes

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

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