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Indonesian and Yoruba


Yoruba and Indonesian


Countries

Countries
Indonesia   
Benin, Nigeria   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Indonesia   
Nigeria   

Second Language
East Timor, Indonesia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa   

Minority Language
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands   
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Regulated By
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa   
Yoruba Academy   

Interesting Facts
  • The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
  • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  
  • 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
Malay language   
Owo and Itsekiri languages   

Derived From
Malay and Dutch Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
12   
9

How Many Consonants
19   
9
17   
7

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7   
6
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
Halo   
Ẹ n lẹ   

Thank You
Terima kasih   
e dupe   

How Are You?
Apa kabar?   
Bawo ni o se wa   

Good Night
Selamat Malam   
Kasun layọ o   

Good Evening
Malam yang baik   
ka a ale   

Good Afternoon
Selamat Sore   
e kaasan   

Good Morning
Selamat Pagi   
e kaaro   

Please
mohon Untuk   
Jowo   

Sorry
maaf   
binu   

Bye
Selamat tinggal   
bye   

I Love You
Aku cinta kamu   
mo nifẹ rẹ   

Excuse Me
Permisi   
mo tọrọ gafara   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sundanese   
Itsekiri   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Nigeria   

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00   
8
500,000.00   
34

Dialect 2
Balinese   
Ede   

Where They Speak
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida   
Benin, Togo   

How Many People Speak
3,300,000.00   
17
800,000.00   
27

Dialect 3
Minangkabau   
Ulukwumi   

Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia   
Nigeria   

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00   
7
10,000.00   
34

Total No. Of Dialects
46   
30
20   
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million   
11
30.00 million   
36

Speaking Population
1.16 %   
14
0.42 %   
32

Native Speakers
23.00 million   
34
28.00 million   
29

Second Language Speakers
140.00 million   
4
Not Available   

Native Name
Bahasa Melayu   
Yorùbá   

Alternative Names
Bahasa Indonesia   
Yariba, Yooba   

French Name
indonésien   
yoruba   

German Name
Bahasa Indonesia   
Yoruba-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Indonesians   
Yoruba people   

History

Origin
7th Century   
4 BC   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Indonesian   
Western Sudanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Kwa   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Malay   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Indonesian   
Yorùbá   

Language Position
56   
99+
49   
36

Signed Forms
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")   
Yoruba Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
id   
yo   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ind   
yor   

ISO 639 2/B
ind   
yor   

ISO 639 3
ind   
yor   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
indo1316   
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 Indonesian 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 Indonesian and Yoruba dialects. Various dialects of Indonesian and Yoruba language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Indonesian are spoken in different Indonesian Speaking Countries whereas Yoruba Dialects are spoken in different Yoruba speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Indonesian vs Yoruba Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Indonesian dialects include: Sundanese, Balinese. Yoruba dialects include: Itsekiri , Ede. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Indonesian and Yoruba Speaking population

Indonesian and Yoruba speaking population is one of the factors based on which Indonesian and Yoruba languages can be compared. The total count of Indonesian and Yoruba Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Indonesian language is 1.16 % 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 Indonesian and Yoruba on Indonesian vs Yoruba where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Indonesian and Yoruba Language Codes

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

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