Countries
Benin, Nigeria
  
South Africa
  
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 in
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
Dialect 1
Itsekiri
  
Kaapse Afrikaans
  
Where They Speak
Nigeria
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Ede
  
Oranjeriverafrikaans
  
Where They Speak
Benin, Togo
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Ulukwumi
  
Baster Afrikaans
  
Where They Speak
Nigeria
  
Namibia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million
  
36
19.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language
  
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.