Countries
Countries
Benin, Nigeria
South Africa
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Nigeria
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
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
Pan South African Language Board
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.
- The meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
- Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.
Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages
Xhosa Language
Derived From
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Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2957
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
127
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1750
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Greetings
Hello
Ẹ n lẹ
Sawubona
Thank You
e dupe
Ngiyabonga
How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa
unjani
Good Night
Kasun layọ o
okuhle ebusuku
Good Evening
ka a ale
okuhle kusihlwa
Good Afternoon
e kaasan
okuhle ntambama
Good Morning
e kaaro
okuhle ekuseni
Please
Jowo
Ngiyacela
Sorry
binu
Ngiyaxolisa
Bye
bye
bye
I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ
Ngiyakuthanda wena
Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara
Uxolo
Dialects
Dialect 1
Itsekiri
Qwabe
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Gabon, South Africa
How Many People Speak
500,000.0028,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Ede
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Where They Speak
Benin, Togo
Georgia, South Africa
How Many People Speak
800,000.0028,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Ulukwumi
Ndebele
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
10,000.0028,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
204
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million30.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.42 %0.16 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
28.00 million12.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
30.00 million16.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Yorùbá
isiZulu
Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba
Isizulu, Zunda
French Name
yoruba
zoulou
German Name
Yoruba-Sprache
Zulu-Sprache
Pronunciation
[jòɾùbá]
[zuːlu]
Ethnicity
Yoruba people
Zulu people
History
Origin
4 BC
19
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Western Sudanic
Benue-Congo
Branch
Kwa
Beatu
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
urban Zulu
Standard Forms
Yorùbá
Deep Zulu
Language Position
4987
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language
Zulu Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
yo
zu
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
yor
zul
ISO 639 2/B
yor
zul
ISO 639 3
yor
zul
ISO 639 6
yor
zul
Glottocode
yoru1245
zulu1248
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUT-fg
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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