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
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
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ
I love you
Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara
Excuse Me
Dialect 1
Itsekiri
American English
Where They Speak
Nigeria
United States of America
Dialect 2
Ede
Hiberno-English
Where They Speak
Benin, Togo
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Dialect 3
Ulukwumi
Welsh English
Where They Speak
Nigeria
United Kingdom
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
Origin
4 BC
5th Century AD
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Western Sudanic
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Early Forms
No early forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Standard Forms
Yorùbá
Standard English
Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language
Signed English
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
yoru1245
stan1293
Linguasphere
No data available
52-ABA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
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.