Countries
Benin, Nigeria
Israel
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Nigeria
Israel
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Israel
Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa, Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
Poland
Regulated By
Yoruba Academy
Academy of the Hebrew Language
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 original language of Bible is Hebrew.
- The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages
Arabic and Aramaic languages
Derived From
-
Aramaic Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2922
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
120
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1722
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Hebrew
Writing Direction
-
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Ẹ n lẹ
שלום (Shalom)
Thank You
e dupe
תודה (Toda)
How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
Good Night
Kasun layọ o
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
Good Evening
ka a ale
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
Good Afternoon
e kaasan
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
Good Morning
e kaaro
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
Please
Jowo
בבקשה (bevekshah)
Sorry
binu
סליחה! (Slicha)
Bye
bye
להתראות (Lehitraot)
I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara
בבקשה!
Dialect 1
Itsekiri
Ashkenazi Hebrew
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Israel
How Many People Speak
500,000.009,200,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Ede
Samaritan Hebrew
Where They Speak
Benin, Togo
Israel, Palestine
How Many People Speak
800,000.009,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Ulukwumi
Yemenite Hebrew
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Israel
How Many People Speak
10,000.009,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
207
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million9.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.42 %0.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
28.00 million4.40 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
30.00 million5.60 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Yorùbá
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba
Israeli, Ivrit
French Name
yoruba
hébreu
German Name
Yoruba-Sprache
Hebräisch
Pronunciation
[jòɾùbá]
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
Ethnicity
Yoruba people
Hebrew-speaking people
Origin
4 BC
1000 BC
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Western Sudanic
Semitic
Branch
Kwa
Canaanitic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
Standard Forms
Yorùbá
Modern Hebrew
Language Position
4923
1
120
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Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language
Signed Hebrew
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
yo
he
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
yor
heb
ISO 639 2/B
yor
heb
ISO 639 3
yor
heb
ISO 639 6
yor
heb
Glottocode
yoru1245
hebr1246
Linguasphere
No data available
12-AAB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Fusional, Synthetic