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Countries

Countries

Benin, Nigeria
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Total No. Of Countries

233
0 46
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National Language

Nigeria
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore

Speaking Continents

Africa
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America

Minority Language

Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
South Africa

Regulated By

Yoruba Academy
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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.
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.

Similar To

Owo and Itsekiri languages
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages

Derived From

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Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2926
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

125
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1721
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

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Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

37
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

30 weeks6 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Ẹ n lẹ
Hello

Thank You

e dupe
Thank you

How Are You?

Bawo ni o se wa
How are you?

Good Night

Kasun layọ o
Good Night

Good Evening

ka a ale
Good Evening

Good Afternoon

e kaasan
Good Afternoon

Good Morning

e kaaro
Good Morning

Please

Jowo
Please

Sorry

binu
Sorry

Bye

bye
Bye

I Love You

mo nifẹ rẹ
I love you

Excuse Me

mo tọrọ gafara
Excuse Me

Dialects

Dialect 1

Itsekiri
American English

Where They Speak

Nigeria
United States of America

How Many People Speak

500,000.00225,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Ede
Hiberno-English

Where They Speak

Benin, Togo
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom

How Many People Speak

800,000.004,500,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Ulukwumi
Welsh English

Where They Speak

Nigeria
United Kingdom

How Many People Speak

10,000.002,500,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

20188
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

30.00 million1,200.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.42 %5.43 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

28.00 million400.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

30.00 million400.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Yorùbá
English

Alternative Names

Yariba, Yooba
English

French Name

yoruba
anglais

German Name

Yoruba-Sprache
Englisch

Pronunciation

[jòɾùbá]
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/

Ethnicity

Yoruba people
English people

History

Origin

4 BC
5th Century AD

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Western Sudanic
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Branch

Kwa
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Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English

Standard Forms

Yorùbá
Standard English

Language Position

493
1 120
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Signed Forms

Yoruba Sign Language
Signed English

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

yo
en

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

yor
eng

ISO 639 2/B

yor
eng

ISO 639 3

yor
eng

ISO 639 6

yor
engs

Glottocode

yoru1245
stan1293

Linguasphere

No data available
52-ABA

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Analytic, Isolating
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic

Yoruba vs English Speaking Countries

There are plenty of languages spoken around the world. Every country has its own official language. Compare Yoruba vs English speaking countries, so that you will have total count of countries that speak Yoruba or English language.

  • Yoruba is spoken as a national language in: Nigeria.
  • English is spoken as a national language in: Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America.

You will also get to know the continents where Yoruba and English speaking countries lie. Based on the number of people that speak these languages, the position of Yoruba language is 49 and position of English language is 3. Find all the information about these languages on Yoruba and English.

Yoruba and English Language History

Comparison of Yoruba vs English language history gives us differences between origin of Yoruba and English language. History of Yoruba language states that this language originated in 4 BC whereas history of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century AD. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Yoruba and English Language History.

Yoruba and English Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Yoruba and English greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Yoruba and English language. Yoruba word for "Hello" is Ẹ n lẹ or English word for "Thank You" is Thank you. Find more of such common Yoruba Greetings and English Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Yoruba vs English Difficulty

The Yoruba vs English difficulty level basically depends on the number of Yoruba Alphabets and English Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Yoruba and English are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Yoruba and English, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Yoruba is 30 weeks while to learn English time required is 6 weeks.