Countries
Countries
Benin, Nigeria
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
Total No. Of Countries
26
0
46
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National Language
Nigeria
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Spain
Speaking Continents
Africa
Europe
Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
Regulated By
Yoruba Academy
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee
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.
- Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
- Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.
Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
Derived From
-
Latin
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2927
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
125
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1723
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
Ẹ n lẹ
Hola
Thank You
e dupe
Gràcies
How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa
Com estàs?
Good Night
Kasun layọ o
Bona nit
Good Evening
ka a ale
Bona nit
Good Afternoon
e kaasan
Bona tarda
Good Morning
e kaaro
Bon dia
Please
Jowo
Sisplau
Sorry
binu
Perdó!
Bye
bye
Adéu
I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ
T'estimo
Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara
Dispensi!
Dialects
Dialect 1
Itsekiri
Caló
Where They Speak
Nigeria
France, Portugal, Spain
How Many People Speak
500,000.00440,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Ede
Valencian
Where They Speak
Benin, Togo
Spain
How Many People Speak
800,000.002,400,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Ulukwumi
Ribagorçan
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Spain
How Many People Speak
10,000.004,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
208
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million9.20 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.42 %0.12 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
28.00 million4.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
30.00 million5.10 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Yorùbá
català
Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
French Name
yoruba
catalan; valencien
German Name
Yoruba-Sprache
Katalanisch
Pronunciation
[jòɾùbá]
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
Ethnicity
Yoruba people
Catalan people
History
Origin
4 BC
c. 1028
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Western Sudanic
Romance
Branch
Kwa
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Catalan
Standard Forms
Yorùbá
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
Language Position
4932
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language
Signed Catalan
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
yo
ca
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
yor
cat
ISO 639 2/B
yor
cat
ISO 639 3
yor
cat
ISO 639 6
yor
cat
Glottocode
yoru1245
stan1289
Linguasphere
No data available
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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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