Countries
Countries
Benin, Nigeria
European Union, Slovenia
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
Nigeria
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Europe
Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
Austria, Hungary, Italy
Regulated By
Yoruba Academy
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
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 Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
- The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages
Serbo-Croatian
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2925
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
125
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1720
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
32
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
Ẹ n lẹ
Halo
Thank You
e dupe
Hvala
How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa
Kako se imate?
Good Night
Kasun layọ o
Lahko noč
Good Evening
ka a ale
Dober večer
Good Afternoon
e kaasan
Dober dan
Good Morning
e kaaro
Dobro jutro
Please
Jowo
Prosim
Sorry
binu
Oprostite
Bye
bye
Nasvidenje
I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ
Ljubim te
Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara
Oprostite
Dialects
Dialect 1
Itsekiri
Prekmurje Slovene
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Hungary, Slovenia
How Many People Speak
500,000.0080,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Ede
Resian
Where They Speak
Benin, Togo
Italy
How Many People Speak
800,000.00NA
700
80000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Ulukwumi
Styrian
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Slovenia
How Many People Speak
10,000.00NA
1400
96000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
2048
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million2.50 million
0.13
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.42 %NA
0.11
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
28.00 million2.50 million
0.13
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
NANA
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Yorùbá
Not available
Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba
Slovenian, Slovenscina
French Name
yoruba
slovène
German Name
Yoruba-Sprache
Slowenisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]
Ethnicity
Yoruba people
Slovenes
History
Origin
4 BC
972-1093
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Western Sudanic
Not Available
Branch
Kwa
Not Available
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Yorùbá
Slovene
Language Position
49NA
1
120
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Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
yo
sl
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
yor
slv
ISO 639 2/B
yor
slv
ISO 639 3
yor
slv
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
yoru1245
slov1268
Linguasphere
No data available
53-AAA-f
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Fusional