Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
  
Benin, Nigeria
  
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 in
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200
  
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
Dialect 1
Dialects
  
Itsekiri
  
Where They Speak
Gabon
  
Nigeria
  
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00
  
6
Dialect 2
Dialects
  
Ede
  
Where They Speak
Georgia
  
Benin, Togo
  
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00
  
2
Dialect 3
Dialects
  
Ulukwumi
  
Where They Speak
France
  
Nigeria
  
How Many People Speak
96,000,000.00
  
1
How Many People Speak?
15.00 million
  
99+
30.00 million
  
36
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
  
Yoruba Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.