Afrikaans and Yoruba
Countries
South Africa
Benin, Nigeria
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 in
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
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
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
mo nifẹ rẹ
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
mo tọrọ gafara
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
Itsekiri
Where They Speak
Not Available
Nigeria
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Ede
Where They Speak
Not Available
Benin, Togo
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Ulukwumi
Where They Speak
Namibia
Nigeria
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
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
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Western Sudanic
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Yorùbá
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Yoruba Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
afrs
Not Available
Glottocode
afri1274
yoru1245
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
Analytic, Isolating
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.
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.