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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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