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Malaysian and Yoruba


Yoruba and Malaysian


Countries

Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore   
Benin, Nigeria   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
2   
13

National Language
Malaysia   
Nigeria   

Second Language
Indonesia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa   

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

Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka   
Yoruba Academy   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
  • Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  
  • 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
Indonesian Language   
Owo and Itsekiri languages   

Derived From
Tamil Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
12   
9

How Many Consonants
24   
14
17   
7

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
Hai   
Ẹ n lẹ   

Thank You
terima kasih   
e dupe   

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

Good Night
Selamat Malam   
Kasun layọ o   

Good Evening
Selamat Petang   
ka a ale   

Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari   
e kaasan   

Good Morning
Selamat pagi   
e kaaro   

Please
sila   
Jowo   

Sorry
maaf   
binu   

Bye
Selamat tinggal   
bye   

I Love You
Saya sayang kamu   
mo nifẹ rẹ   

Excuse Me
Maafkan saya   
mo tọrọ gafara   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bengkulu   
Itsekiri   

Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra   
Nigeria   

How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00   
25
500,000.00   
34

Dialect 2
Pekal   
Ede   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Benin, Togo   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
40
800,000.00   
27

Dialect 3
Musi   
Ulukwumi   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Nigeria   

How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00   
11
10,000.00   
34

Total No. Of Dialects
24   
20
20   
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
175.00 million   
10
30.00 million   
36

Speaking Population
1.16 %   
14
0.42 %   
32

Native Speakers
77.00 million   
12
28.00 million   
29

Second Language Speakers
98.00 million   
8
Not Available   

Native Name
Bahasa melayu   
Yorùbá   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Yariba, Yooba   

French Name
malais   
yoruba   

German Name
Malaiisch   
Yoruba-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Yoruba people   

History

Origin
c. 683 AD   
4 BC   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Western Sudanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Kwa   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay   
Yorùbá   

Language Position
54   
39
49   
36

Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language   
Yoruba Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ms   
yo   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
msa   
yor   

ISO 639 2/B
may   
yor   

ISO 639 3
zsm   
yor   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1306   
yoru1245   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Analytic, Isolating   

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

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Malaysian and Yoruba Speaking population

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

Malaysian and Yoruba Language Codes

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

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