Javanese and Yoruba
Countries
Indonesia
Benin, Nigeria
National Language
Indonesia
Nigeria
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
Regulated By
Not Available
Yoruba Academy
Interesting Facts
- The Javanese group is the largest ethnic group in Indonesian.
- The earliest writing in Javanese dates from the 4th Century AD, at that time Javanese was written with the Pallava alphabet.
- 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
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages
Owo and Itsekiri languages
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200
Scripts
Arabic, Javanese, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Thank You
matur nuwun
e dupe
How Are You?
piye kabare?
Bawo ni o se wa
Good Night
wengi sing apik
Kasun layọ o
Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten
ka a ale
Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang
e kaasan
Good Morning
Sugeng énjing
e kaaro
Please
Not Available
Jowo
Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten
binu
Bye
Kepanggih malih benjang
bye
I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan
mo nifẹ rẹ
Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu
mo tọrọ gafara
Dialect 1
Pekalongan
Itsekiri
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Nigeria
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Benin, Togo
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Arekan
Ulukwumi
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Nigeria
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
basa Jawa
Yorùbá
Alternative Names
Djawa, Jawa
Yariba, Yooba
French Name
javanais
yoruba
German Name
Javanisch
Yoruba-Sprache
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)
Yoruba people
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
Western Sudanic
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Javanese
Yorùbá
Signed Forms
Not Available
Yoruba Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
java1253
yoru1245
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Analytic, Isolating
All Javanese 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 Javanese and Yoruba dialects. Various dialects of Javanese and Yoruba language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Javanese are spoken in different Javanese Speaking Countries whereas Yoruba Dialects are spoken in different Yoruba speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Javanese vs Yoruba Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Javanese dialects include: Pekalongan, Cirebon. Yoruba dialects include: Itsekiri , Ede. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Javanese and Yoruba Speaking population
Javanese and Yoruba speaking population is one of the factors based on which Javanese and Yoruba languages can be compared. The total count of Javanese and Yoruba Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Javanese language is 1.25 % 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 Javanese and Yoruba on Javanese vs Yoruba where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Javanese and Yoruba Language Codes
Javanese and Yoruba language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Javanese and Yoruba Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.