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Galician and Yoruba


Yoruba and Galician


Countries

Countries
Galicia   
Benin, Nigeria   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Galicia   
Nigeria   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Regulated By
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)   
Yoruba Academy   

Interesting Facts
  • In Galician language, there are no compound tenses.
  • The earliest document in Galician language was written in 1228 which was legal charter for a municipality of Galicia.
  
  • 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
Portuguese Language   
Owo and Itsekiri languages   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23   
5
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
12   
9

How Many Consonants
19   
9
17   
7

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
Ola   
Ẹ n lẹ   

Thank You
Grazas   
e dupe   

How Are You?
Que tal estás?   
Bawo ni o se wa   

Good Night
Boas noites   
Kasun layọ o   

Good Evening
Boa tarde   
ka a ale   

Good Afternoon
Boa tarde   
e kaasan   

Good Morning
Bos días   
e kaaro   

Please
Por favor   
Jowo   

Sorry
Síntoo!   
binu   

Bye
Adeus   
bye   

I Love You
Ámote   
mo nifẹ rẹ   

Excuse Me
Perdoe!   
mo tọrọ gafara   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Galician   
Itsekiri   

Where They Speak
East Galicia   
Nigeria   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
500,000.00   
34

Dialect 2
Central Galician   
Ede   

Where They Speak
Central Galicia   
Benin, Togo   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
800,000.00   
27

Dialect 3
Western Galician   
Ulukwumi   

Where They Speak
West Galicia   
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?
2.40 million   
99+
30.00 million   
36

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.42 %   
32

Native Speakers
2.40 million   
99+
28.00 million   
29

Native Name
Galego   
Yorùbá   

Alternative Names
Galego, Gallego   
Yariba, Yooba   

French Name
galicien   
yoruba   

German Name
Galicisch   
Yoruba-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[ɡaˈleɣo]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Yoruba people   

History

Origin
c. 1175   
4 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Western Sudanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Kwa   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Galician   
Yorùbá   

Language Position
Not Available   
49   
36

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Yoruba Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
gl   
yo   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
glg   
yor   

ISO 639 2/B
glg   
yor   

ISO 639 3
glg   
yor   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
gali1258   
yoru1245   

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

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Galician and Yoruba Speaking population

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

Galician and Yoruba Language Codes

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

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