Countries
Benin, Nigeria
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
Total No. Of Countries
26
0
46
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National Language
Nigeria
Moldova, Romania
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Kazakhstan, Russia
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine
Regulated By
Yoruba Academy
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li
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.
- Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
- The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.
Derived From
-
Latin
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2931
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
127
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1720
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks24 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Ẹ n lẹ
alo
Thank You
e dupe
multumesc
How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa
ce mai faci?
Good Night
Kasun layọ o
noapte Buna
Good Evening
ka a ale
buna Seara
Good Afternoon
e kaasan
buna Ziua
Good Morning
e kaaro
bună Dimineața
Please
Jowo
Vă Rog
Sorry
binu
scuze
Bye
bye
La revedere
I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ
Te iubesc
Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara
Scuza-Ma
Dialect 1
Itsekiri
Aromanian
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
How Many People Speak
500,000.00250,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Ede
Megleno-Romanian
Where They Speak
Benin, Togo
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
How Many People Speak
800,000.005,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Ulukwumi
Istro-Romanian
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Croatia
How Many People Speak
10,000.001,400.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
2010
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million28.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.42 %0.37 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
28.00 million24.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
30.00 million4.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Yorùbá
Română
Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian
French Name
yoruba
roumain; moldave
German Name
Yoruba-Sprache
Rumänisch
Pronunciation
[jòɾùbá]
[roˈmɨnə]
Ethnicity
Yoruba people
Romanians
Origin
4 BC
1521
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Western Sudanic
-
Branch
Kwa
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Romanian
Standard Forms
Yorùbá
Romanian
Language Position
4936
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language
Romanian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
yo
ro
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
yor
ron
ISO 639 2/B
yor
rum
ISO 639 3
yor
ron
ISO 639 6
yor
ron
Glottocode
yoru1245
roma1327
Linguasphere
No data available
51-AAD-c
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Synthetic