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Estonian and Yoruba


Yoruba and Estonian


Countries

Countries
Estonia, European Union  
Benin, Nigeria  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Estonia, Gambia  
Nigeria  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa  

Minority Language
Denmark, Russia, Sweden  
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Regulated By
Institute of the Estonian Language  
Yoruba Academy  

Interesting Facts
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish 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
Finnish  
Owo and Itsekiri languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
12  
9

How Many Consonants
18  
8
17  
7

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
30 weeks  
9

Greetings

Hello
Tere  
Ẹ n lẹ  

Thank You
aitäh  
e dupe  

How Are You?
kuidas sul läheb  
Bawo ni o se wa  

Good Night
Head ööd  
Kasun layọ o  

Good Evening
Tere õhtust  
ka a ale  

Good Afternoon
Tere päevast  
e kaasan  

Good Morning
Tere hommikust  
e kaaro  

Please
Palun  
Jowo  

Sorry
Vabandust  
binu  

Bye
Head aega  
bye  

I Love You
ma armastan sind  
mo nifẹ rẹ  

Excuse Me
Vabandage  
mo tọrọ gafara  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Keskmurre  
Itsekiri  

Where They Speak
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
500,000.00  
34

Dialect 2
Tartu  
Ede  

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Estonia  
Benin, Togo  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
800,000.00  
27

Dialect 3
Idamurre  
Ulukwumi  

Where They Speak
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
10,000.00  
34

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
20  
18

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.42 %  
32

Native Speakers
0.95 million  
99+
28.00 million  
29

Native Name
eesti keel  
Yorùbá  

Alternative Names
Eesti keel  
Yariba, Yooba  

French Name
estonien  
yoruba  

German Name
Estnisch  
Yoruba-Sprache  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Estonians  
Yoruba people  

History

Origin
13th century  
4 BC  

Language Family
Uralic Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric  
Western Sudanic  

Branch
Finnic  
Kwa  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Estonian  
Yorùbá  

Language Position
Not Available  
49  
36

Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language  
Yoruba Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
et  
yo  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
est  
yor  

ISO 639 2/B
est  
yor  

ISO 639 3
est  
yor  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
esto1258  
yoru1245  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Analytic, Isolating  

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

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Estonian and Yoruba Speaking population

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

Estonian and Yoruba Language Codes

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

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