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Hebrew and Yoruba


Yoruba and Hebrew


Countries

Countries
Israel  
Benin, Nigeria  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Israel  
Nigeria  

Second Language
Israel  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe  
Africa  

Minority Language
Poland  
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Regulated By
Academy of the Hebrew Language  
Yoruba Academy  

Interesting Facts
  • The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
  • The men and women use different verbs in hebrew 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
Arabic and Aramaic languages  
Owo and Itsekiri languages  

Derived From
Aramaic Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
22  
4
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
0  
12  
9

How Many Consonants
22  
12
17  
7

Scripts
Hebrew  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
30 weeks  
9

Greetings

Hello
שלום (Shalom)  
Ẹ n lẹ  

Thank You
תודה (Toda)  
e dupe  

How Are You?
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)  
Bawo ni o se wa  

Good Night
לילה טוב (Laila tov)  
Kasun layọ o  

Good Evening
ערב טוב (Erev tov)  
ka a ale  

Good Afternoon
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)  
e kaasan  

Good Morning
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)  
e kaaro  

Please
בבקשה (bevekshah)  
Jowo  

Sorry
סליחה! (Slicha)  
binu  

Bye
להתראות (Lehitraot)  
bye  

I Love You
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)  
mo nifẹ rẹ  

Excuse Me
בבקשה!  
mo tọrọ gafara  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Ashkenazi Hebrew  
Itsekiri  

Where They Speak
Israel  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
500,000.00  
34

Dialect 2
Samaritan Hebrew  
Ede  

Where They Speak
Israel, Palestine  
Benin, Togo  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
800,000.00  
27

Dialect 3
Yemenite Hebrew  
Ulukwumi  

Where They Speak
Israel  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
10,000.00  
34

Total No. Of Dialects
7  
7
20  
18

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.42 %  
32

Native Speakers
4.40 million  
99+
28.00 million  
29

Second Language Speakers
5.60 million  
27
Not Available  

Native Name
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)  
Yorùbá  

Alternative Names
Israeli, Ivrit  
Yariba, Yooba  

French Name
hébreu  
yoruba  

German Name
Hebräisch  
Yoruba-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Yoruba people  

History

Origin
1000 BC  
4 BC  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
Western Sudanic  

Branch
Canaanitic  
Kwa  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Hebrew  
Yorùbá  

Language Position
23  
19
49  
36

Signed Forms
Signed Hebrew  
Yoruba Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
he  
yo  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
heb  
yor  

ISO 639 2/B
heb  
yor  

ISO 639 3
heb  
yor  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
hebr1246  
yoru1245  

Linguasphere
12-AAB-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Analytic, Isolating  

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

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Hebrew and Yoruba Speaking population

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

Hebrew and Yoruba Language Codes

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

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