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Yoruba and Albanian


Albanian and Yoruba


Countries

Countries
Benin, Nigeria   
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Nigeria   
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Europe   

Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America   
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania   

Regulated By
Yoruba Academy   
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana   

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.
  
  • Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
  • 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
    •   

Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages   
Romanian   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
36   
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
7   
4

How Many Consonants
17   
7
29   
19

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Ẹ n lẹ   
Përshëndetje   

Thank You
e dupe   
Ju faleminderit   

How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa   
Si jeni?   

Good Night
Kasun layọ o   
natën e mirë   

Good Evening
ka a ale   
mirëmbrëma   

Good Afternoon
e kaasan   
mirëdita   

Good Morning
e kaaro   
mirëmengjes   

Please
Jowo   
Ju lutem   

Sorry
binu   
Me fal   

Bye
bye   
mirupafshim   

I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ   
unë e dua ju   

Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara   
Më falni   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Itsekiri   
Gheg Albanian   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia   

How Many People Speak
500,000.00   
34
3,400,000.00   
20

Dialect 2
Ede   
Tosk Albanian   

Where They Speak
Benin, Togo   
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
800,000.00   
27
1,800,000.00   
20

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi   
Arbëresh   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
Italy   

How Many People Speak
10,000.00   
34
100,000.00   
28

Total No. Of Dialects
20   
18
4   
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.42 %   
32
Not Available   

Native Speakers
28.00 million   
29
3.10 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
3.60 million   
31

Native Name
Yorùbá   
shqip / gjuha shqipe   

Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba   
Not Available   

French Name
yoruba   
albanais   

German Name
Yoruba-Sprache   
Albanisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ʃcip]   

Ethnicity
Yoruba people   
Albanians   

History

Origin
4 BC   
1462 AD   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Western Sudanic   
Not Available   

Branch
Kwa   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Albanian   

Standard Forms
Yorùbá   
Standard Albanian   

Language Position
49   
36
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language   
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
yo   
sq   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
yor   
sqi   

ISO 639 2/B
yor   
alb   

ISO 639 3
yor   
sqi   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
yoru1245   
alba1267   

Linguasphere
No data available   
55-AAA-aaa   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Synthetic   

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

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Yoruba and Albanian Speaking population

Yoruba and Albanian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Yoruba and Albanian languages can be compared. The total count of Yoruba and Albanian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Albanian 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 Albanian on Yoruba vs Albanian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Yoruba and Albanian Language Codes

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

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