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Belarusian and Yoruba


Yoruba and Belarusian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Poland   
Benin, Nigeria   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Belarus, Gambia   
Nigeria   

Second Language
Poland   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa   

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine   
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, National Languages Committee   
Yoruba Academy   

Interesting Facts
  • Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
  • Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
  
  • 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
Russian and Ukrainian   
Owo and Itsekiri languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48   
28
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
12   
9

How Many Consonants
39   
28
17   
7

Scripts
Cyrillic   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
dobry dzień   
Ẹ n lẹ   

Thank You
Dziakuj   
e dupe   

How Are You?
Jak vy ?   
Bawo ni o se wa   

Good Night
Dabranač   
Kasun layọ o   

Good Evening
Dobry viečar   
ka a ale   

Good Afternoon
dobry dzień   
e kaasan   

Good Morning
Dobraj ranicy   
e kaaro   

Please
Kali laska   
Jowo   

Sorry
Vybačajcie   
binu   

Bye
da pabačennia   
bye   

I Love You
JA liubliu ciabie   
mo nifẹ rẹ   

Excuse Me
Vybačajcie   
mo tọrọ gafara   

Dialects

Dialect 1
North-Eastern Belarusian   
Itsekiri   

Where They Speak
North-East Belarus   
Nigeria   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
500,000.00   
34

Dialect 2
South-Western Belarusian   
Ede   

Where They Speak
South-West Belarus   
Benin, Togo   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
800,000.00   
27

Dialect 3
Middle Belarusian   
Ulukwumi   

Where They Speak
Middle Belarus   
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?
9.63 million   
99+
30.00 million   
36

Speaking Population
0.11 %   
99+
0.42 %   
32

Native Speakers
7.60 million   
99+
28.00 million   
29

Second Language Speakers
5.89 million   
26
Not Available   

Native Name
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)   
Yorùbá   

Alternative Names
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian   
Yariba, Yooba   

French Name
biélorusse   
yoruba   

German Name
Weißrussisch   
Yoruba-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Belarusians   
Yoruba people   

History

Origin
18th century   
4 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Western Sudanic   

Branch
Eastern   
Kwa   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Belarusian   
Yorùbá   

Language Position
79   
99+
49   
36

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Yoruba Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
be   
yo   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bel   
yor   

ISO 639 2/B
bel   
yor   

ISO 639 3
bel   
yor   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
bela1254   
yoru1245   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Analytic, Isolating   

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

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Belarusian and Yoruba Speaking population

Belarusian and Yoruba speaking population is one of the factors based on which Belarusian and Yoruba languages can be compared. The total count of Belarusian and Yoruba Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Belarusian language is 0.11 % 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 Belarusian and Yoruba on Belarusian vs Yoruba where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Belarusian and Yoruba Language Codes

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

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