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Afrikaans and Yoruba


Yoruba and Afrikaans


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
Benin, Nigeria   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
South Africa   
Nigeria   

Second Language
Namibia, South Africa   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Africa   

Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe   
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee   
Yoruba Academy   

Interesting Facts
  • Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
  • Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Dutch Language   
Owo and Itsekiri languages   

Derived From
Dutch Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200   

Alphabets
32   
14
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15   
12
12   
9

How Many Consonants
17   
7
17   
7

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
Ẹ n lẹ   

Thank You
Dankie   
e dupe   

How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit   
Bawo ni o se wa   

Good Night
goeie nag   
Kasun layọ o   

Good Evening
Goeienaand   
ka a ale   

Good Afternoon
Goeie middag   
e kaasan   

Good Morning
goeie more   
e kaaro   

Please
asseblief   
Jowo   

Sorry
jammer   
binu   

Bye
Not Available   
bye   

I Love You
Ek het jou lief   
mo nifẹ rẹ   

Excuse Me
Verskoon my   
mo tọrọ gafara   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans   
Itsekiri   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Nigeria   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
500,000.00   
34

Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans   
Ede   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Benin, Togo   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
800,000.00   
27

Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans   
Ulukwumi   

Where They Speak
Namibia   
Nigeria   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
10,000.00   
34

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
20   
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
19.00 million   
99+
30.00 million   
36

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.42 %   
32

Native Speakers
7.10 million   
99+
28.00 million   
29

Second Language Speakers
10.30 million   
22
Not Available   

Native Name
Afrikaans   
Yorùbá   

Alternative Names
Cape Dutch   
Yariba, Yooba   

French Name
afrikaans   
yoruba   

German Name
Afrikaans   
Yoruba-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Afrikaners   
Yoruba people   

History

Origin
17th Century   
4 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Western Sudanic   

Branch
Western   
Kwa   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans   
Yorùbá   

Language Position
Not Available   
49   
36

Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)   
Yoruba Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
af   
yo   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
afr   
yor   

ISO 639 2/B
afr   
yor   

ISO 639 3
afr   
yor   

ISO 639 6
afrs   
Not Available   

Glottocode
afri1274   
yoru1245   

Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic   
Analytic, Isolating   

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All Afrikaans and Yoruba Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Afrikaans and Yoruba dialects. Various dialects of Afrikaans and Yoruba language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Afrikaans are spoken in different Afrikaans Speaking Countries whereas Yoruba Dialects are spoken in different Yoruba speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Afrikaans vs Yoruba Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans, Oranjeriverafrikaans. Yoruba dialects include: Itsekiri , Ede. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Afrikaans and Yoruba Speaking population

Afrikaans and Yoruba speaking population is one of the factors based on which Afrikaans and Yoruba languages can be compared. The total count of Afrikaans and Yoruba Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Afrikaans and Yoruba on Afrikaans vs Yoruba where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Afrikaans and Yoruba Language Codes

Afrikaans and Yoruba language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Afrikaans and Yoruba Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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