Countries
Countries
Benin, Nigeria
United States of America
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Nigeria
United States of America
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
North America
Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Yoruba Academy
Not Available
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.
- Navajo language is tonal language, as it heavily relies on pitch to distinguish between similar words.
- Navajo ethinc group is 2nd largest Native American group.
Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages
Apache Language
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2936
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1212
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1734
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Not Available
Not Available
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
32
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
Ẹ n lẹ
Yá'át'ééh
Thank You
e dupe
Ahéhee'
How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa
Ąąʼ haʼíí baa naniná?
Good Night
Kasun layọ o
Yá'át'ééh hiiłchi'į'
Good Evening
ka a ale
Yá'át'ééh ałní'íní
Good Afternoon
e kaasan
Yá'át'ééh
Good Morning
e kaaro
Yá'át'ééh abíní
Please
Jowo
T'aa shoodi
Sorry
binu
Not available
Bye
bye
Hágoónee’
I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ
Ayóó ánííníshí
Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara
Shoohá
Dialects
Dialect 1
Itsekiri
Navajo1
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Arizona
How Many People Speak
500,000.00NA
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Ede
Navajo2
Where They Speak
Benin, Togo
New Mexico
How Many People Speak
800,000.00NA
700
80000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Ulukwumi
Navajo3
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Utah
How Many People Speak
10,000.00NA
1400
96000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
204
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million1.70 million
0.13
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.42 %NA
0.11
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
28.00 million1.70 million
0.13
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
NANA
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Yorùbá
Diné Bizaad / Dinék'ehjí
Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba
Navaho
French Name
yoruba
navaho
German Name
Yoruba-Sprache
Navajo-Sprache
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Yoruba people
Navajo people
History
Origin
4 BC
1500 CE
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Dené–Yeniseian Family
Subgroup
Western Sudanic
Athapascan
Branch
Kwa
Not Available
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Yorùbá
Navajo
Language Position
49NA
1
120
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Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language
Navajo Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
yo
nv
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
yor
nav
ISO 639 2/B
yor
nav
ISO 639 3
yor
nav
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
yoru1245
nava1243
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Fusional, Polysynthetic, Synthetic