Countries
Countries
Benin, Nigeria
Philippines
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Nigeria
Philippines
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Filipinos
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia, Australia
Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
Regulated By
Yoruba Academy
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
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.
- In 1593, "Doctrina Christiana" was first book written in two versions of Tagalog.
- The name "Tagalog" means "native to" and "river". "Tagalog"is derived from taga ilog, which means "inhabitants of the river".
Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
Derived From
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Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2925
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
125
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1718
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Baybayin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
Ẹ n lẹ
Kamusta
Thank You
e dupe
Salamat po
How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa
Kamusta ka na?
Good Night
Kasun layọ o
Magandang gabi
Good Evening
ka a ale
Magandang gabi po
Good Afternoon
e kaasan
Magandang hapon po
Good Morning
e kaaro
Magandang umaga po
Please
Jowo
pakiusap
Sorry
binu
pinagsisisihan
Bye
bye
Paálam
I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ
Iniibig kita
Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
Dialects
Dialect 1
Itsekiri
Batangas Tagalog
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Batangas, Gabon
How Many People Speak
500,000.0028,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Ede
Bisalog
Where They Speak
Benin, Togo
Philippines
How Many People Speak
800,000.0028,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Ulukwumi
Filipino
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Philippines
How Many People Speak
10,000.0090,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
203
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million73.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.42 %0.42 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
28.00 million28.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
30.00 million45.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Yorùbá
Tagalog
Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba
Filipino, Pilipino
French Name
yoruba
tagalog
German Name
Yoruba-Sprache
Tagalog
Pronunciation
[jòɾùbá]
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
Ethnicity
Yoruba people
Tagalog people
History
Origin
4 BC
1593
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Western Sudanic
Indonesian
Branch
Kwa
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Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
Standard Forms
Yorùbá
Filipino
Language Position
4958
1
120
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Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language
Signed Tagalog
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
yo
t1
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
yor
tgl
ISO 639 2/B
yor
tgl
ISO 639 3
yor
tg1
ISO 639 6
yor
tgl
Glottocode
yoru1245
taga1269
Linguasphere
No data available
31-CKA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
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