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Yoruba and Afrikaans


Afrikaans and Yoruba


Countries

Countries
Benin, Nigeria   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Nigeria   
South Africa   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Namibia, South Africa   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Africa   

Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America   
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe   

Regulated By
Yoruba Academy   
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee   

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
  • Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
  

Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages   
Dutch Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Dutch Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
15   
12

How Many Consonants
17   
7
17   
7

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Ẹ n lẹ   
hallo   

Thank You
e dupe   
Dankie   

How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa   
Hoe gaan dit   

Good Night
Kasun layọ o   
goeie nag   

Good Evening
ka a ale   
Goeienaand   

Good Afternoon
e kaasan   
Goeie middag   

Good Morning
e kaaro   
goeie more   

Please
Jowo   
asseblief   

Sorry
binu   
jammer   

Bye
bye   
Not Available   

I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ   
Ek het jou lief   

Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara   
Verskoon my   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Itsekiri   
Kaapse Afrikaans   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
500,000.00   
34
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Ede   
Oranjeriverafrikaans   

Where They Speak
Benin, Togo   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
800,000.00   
27
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi   
Baster Afrikaans   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
Namibia   

How Many People Speak
10,000.00   
34
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
20   
18
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.42 %   
32
Not Available   

Native Speakers
28.00 million   
29
7.10 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
10.30 million   
22

Native Name
Yorùbá   
Afrikaans   

Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba   
Cape Dutch   

French Name
yoruba   
afrikaans   

German Name
Yoruba-Sprache   
Afrikaans   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]   

Ethnicity
Yoruba people   
Afrikaners   

History

Origin
4 BC   
17th Century   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Western Sudanic   
Germanic   

Branch
Kwa   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch   

Standard Forms
Yorùbá   
Standard Afrikaans   

Language Position
49   
36
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language   
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
yo   
af   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
yor   
afr   

ISO 639 2/B
yor   
afr   

ISO 639 3
yor   
afr   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
afrs   

Glottocode
yoru1245   
afri1274   

Linguasphere
No data available   
52-ACB-ba   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Analytic   

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

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Yoruba and Afrikaans Speaking population

Yoruba and Afrikaans speaking population is one of the factors based on which Yoruba and Afrikaans languages can be compared. The total count of Yoruba and Afrikaans Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is Not Available. 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 Yoruba and Afrikaans on Yoruba vs Afrikaans where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Yoruba and Afrikaans Language Codes

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

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