Countries
Benin, Nigeria
Vietnam
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Nigeria
Vietnam
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
Czech Republic
Regulated By
Yoruba Academy
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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 vocabulary of Vietnamese language is influenced by Chinese Language.
- The only language in East Asia that uses the Latin alphabet is Vietnamese.
Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages
Chinese Language
Derived From
-
Chinese Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2937
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1212
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1721
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Ẹ n lẹ
Xin chào
Thank You
e dupe
Cam on
How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa
Bạn khỏe không?
Good Night
Kasun layọ o
Chúc ngủ ngon
Good Evening
ka a ale
Chào buổi tối
Good Afternoon
e kaasan
Chào buổi trưa
Good Morning
e kaaro
Chào buổi sáng
Please
Jowo
xin vui lòng
Sorry
binu
Xin lỗi
Bye
bye
Tạm biệt
I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ
tôi yêu bạn
Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara
Xin loi
Dialect 1
Itsekiri
Northern Vietnamese
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
How Many People Speak
500,000.0076,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Ede
North-central Vietnamese
Where They Speak
Benin, Togo
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
How Many People Speak
800,000.0076,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Ulukwumi
Mid-Central Vietnamese
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
How Many People Speak
10,000.0076,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
205
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million91.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.42 %1.14 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
28.00 million75.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
30.00 million16.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Yorùbá
tiếng việt (㗂越)
Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
French Name
yoruba
vietnamien
German Name
Yoruba-Sprache
Vietnamesisch
Pronunciation
[jòɾùbá]
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern)
[tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
Ethnicity
Yoruba people
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
Origin
4 BC
c. 1440
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Western Sudanic
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Branch
Kwa
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese
Standard Forms
Yorùbá
Standard Vietnamese
Language Position
4914
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language
Vietnamese sign languages
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
yo
vi
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
yor
vie
ISO 639 2/B
yor
vie
ISO 639 3
yor
vie
ISO 639 6
yor
vie
Glottocode
yoru1245
viet1252
Linguasphere
No data available
46-EBA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Analytic, Isolating