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Yoruba and Swedish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden   
Benin, Nigeria   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
2   
13

National Language
Sweden   
Nigeria   

Second Language
Finland   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Antartica, Europe   
Africa   

Minority Language
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America   
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council   
Yoruba Academy   

Interesting Facts
  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
  • 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
Norwegian and Danish Language   
Owo and Itsekiri languages   

Derived From
Old Norse Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200   
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200   

Alphabets
29   
11
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
12   
9

How Many Consonants
18   
8
17   
7

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
hej   
Ẹ n lẹ   

Thank You
tacka dig   
e dupe   

How Are You?
hur mår du   
Bawo ni o se wa   

Good Night
godnatt   
Kasun layọ o   

Good Evening
god kväll   
ka a ale   

Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag   
e kaasan   

Good Morning
god morgon   
e kaaro   

Please
vänligen   
Jowo   

Sorry
ledsen   
binu   

Bye
hej då   
bye   

I Love You
jag älskar dig   
mo nifẹ rẹ   

Excuse Me
ursäkta mig   
mo tọrọ gafara   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dialects   
Itsekiri   

Where They Speak
Gabon   
Nigeria   

How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00   
6
500,000.00   
34

Dialect 2
Dialects   
Ede   

Where They Speak
Georgia   
Benin, Togo   

How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00   
2
800,000.00   
27

Dialect 3
Dialects   
Ulukwumi   

Where They Speak
France   
Nigeria   

How Many People Speak
96,000,000.00   
1
10,000.00   
34

Total No. Of Dialects
79   
33
20   
18

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %   
99+
0.42 %   
32

Native Speakers
8.70 million   
99+
28.00 million   
29

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million   
29
Not Available   

Native Name
Svenska   
Yorùbá   

Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska   
Yariba, Yooba   

French Name
suédois   
yoruba   

German Name
Schwedisch   
Yoruba-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes   
Yoruba people   

History

Origin
13th Century   
4 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Western Sudanic   

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)   
Kwa   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Swedish   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Swedish   
Yorùbá   

Language Position
89   
99+
49   
36

Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")   
Yoruba Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sv   
yo   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
swe   
yor   

ISO 639 2/B
swe   
yor   

ISO 639 3
swe   
yor   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
swed1254   
yoru1245   

Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Analytic, Isolating   

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

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Swedish and Yoruba Speaking population

Swedish and Yoruba speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swedish and Yoruba languages can be compared. The total count of Swedish and Yoruba Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swedish language is 0.13 % 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 Swedish and Yoruba on Swedish vs Yoruba where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Swedish and Yoruba Language Codes

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

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