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Albanian and Yoruba


Yoruba and Albanian


Countries

Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe   
Benin, Nigeria   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe   
Nigeria   

Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa   

Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania   
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana   
Yoruba Academy   

Interesting Facts
  • Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
  • 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
    •   
  • 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
Romanian   
Owo and Itsekiri languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36   
18
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
12   
9

How Many Consonants
29   
19
17   
7

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
Përshëndetje   
Ẹ n lẹ   

Thank You
Ju faleminderit   
e dupe   

How Are You?
Si jeni?   
Bawo ni o se wa   

Good Night
natën e mirë   
Kasun layọ o   

Good Evening
mirëmbrëma   
ka a ale   

Good Afternoon
mirëdita   
e kaasan   

Good Morning
mirëmengjes   
e kaaro   

Please
Ju lutem   
Jowo   

Sorry
Me fal   
binu   

Bye
mirupafshim   
bye   

I Love You
unë e dua ju   
mo nifẹ rẹ   

Excuse Me
Më falni   
mo tọrọ gafara   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian   
Itsekiri   

Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia   
Nigeria   

How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00   
20
500,000.00   
34

Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian   
Ede   

Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey   
Benin, Togo   

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00   
20
800,000.00   
27

Dialect 3
Arbëresh   
Ulukwumi   

Where They Speak
Italy   
Nigeria   

How Many People Speak
100,000.00   
28
10,000.00   
34

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
20   
18

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.42 %   
32

Native Speakers
3.10 million   
99+
28.00 million   
29

Second Language Speakers
3.60 million   
31
Not Available   

Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe   
Yorùbá   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Yariba, Yooba   

French Name
albanais   
yoruba   

German Name
Albanisch   
Yoruba-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[ʃcip]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Albanians   
Yoruba people   

History

Origin
1462 AD   
4 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Western Sudanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Kwa   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Albanian   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Albanian   
Yorùbá   

Language Position
Not Available   
49   
36

Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)   
Yoruba Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sq   
yo   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sqi   
yor   

ISO 639 2/B
alb   
yor   

ISO 639 3
sqi   
yor   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
alba1267   
yoru1245   

Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Analytic, Isolating   

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All Albanian 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 Albanian and Yoruba dialects. Various dialects of Albanian and Yoruba language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Albanian are spoken in different Albanian Speaking Countries whereas Yoruba Dialects are spoken in different Yoruba speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Albanian vs Yoruba Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Albanian dialects include: Gheg Albanian, Tosk Albanian. Yoruba dialects include: Itsekiri , Ede. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Albanian and Yoruba Speaking population

Albanian and Yoruba speaking population is one of the factors based on which Albanian and Yoruba languages can be compared. The total count of Albanian and Yoruba Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Albanian 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 Albanian and Yoruba on Albanian vs Yoruba where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Albanian and Yoruba Language Codes

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

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