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Turkish and Yoruba


Yoruba and Turkish


Countries

Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey   
Benin, Nigeria   

Total No. Of Countries
11   
5
2   
13

National Language
Turkey   
Nigeria   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Africa   

Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania   
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Regulated By
Turkish Language Association   
Yoruba Academy   

Interesting Facts
  • Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
  • Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  
  • 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
Azerbaijani Language   
Owo and Itsekiri languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
12   
9

How Many Consonants
21   
11
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
44 weeks   
11
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
Merhaba   
Ẹ n lẹ   

Thank You
teşekkür ederim   
e dupe   

How Are You?
Nasılsın?   
Bawo ni o se wa   

Good Night
İyi Geceler   
Kasun layọ o   

Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar   
ka a ale   

Good Afternoon
Tünaydın   
e kaasan   

Good Morning
günaydın   
e kaaro   

Please
lütfen   
Jowo   

Sorry
üzgünüm   
binu   

Bye
Hoşçakal   
bye   

I Love You
Seni seviyorum   
mo nifẹ rẹ   

Excuse Me
Afedersiniz   
mo tọrọ gafara   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish   
Itsekiri   

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey   
Nigeria   

How Many People Speak
26,000,000.00   
9
500,000.00   
34

Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish   
Ede   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   
Benin, Togo   

How Many People Speak
480,000.00   
29
800,000.00   
27

Dialect 3
Gagauz   
Ulukwumi   

Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine   
Nigeria   

How Many People Speak
140,000.00   
26
10,000.00   
34

Total No. Of Dialects
9   
9
20   
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
75.00 million   
23
30.00 million   
36

Speaking Population
0.95 %   
21
0.42 %   
32

Native Speakers
60.00 million   
20
28.00 million   
29

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million   
18
Not Available   

Native Name
Türkçe   
Yorùbá   

Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch   
Yariba, Yooba   

French Name
turc   
yoruba   

German Name
Türkisch   
Yoruba-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Turkish   
Yoruba people   

History

Origin
c. 1350   
4 BC   

Language Family
Turkic Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Turkic   
Western Sudanic   

Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)   
Kwa   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)   
Yorùbá   

Language Position
19   
17
49   
36

Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language   
Yoruba Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
tr   
yo   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tur   
yor   

ISO 639 2/B
tur   
yor   

ISO 639 3
tur   
yor   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1301   
yoru1245   

Linguasphere
44-AAB-a   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Analytic, Isolating   

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

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Turkish and Yoruba Speaking population

Turkish and Yoruba speaking population is one of the factors based on which Turkish and Yoruba languages can be compared. The total count of Turkish and Yoruba Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Turkish language is 0.95 % 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 Turkish and Yoruba on Turkish vs Yoruba where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Turkish and Yoruba Language Codes

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

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