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Yoruba and Bulgarian


Bulgarian and Yoruba


Countries

Countries
Benin, Nigeria   
Bulgaria, European Union   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Nigeria   
Bulgaria   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Africa, Europe   

Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America   
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Yoruba Academy   
Institute for the Bulgarian language   

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.
  
  • The only Slavic language which has lost all its grammatical cases is Bulgarian.
  • The first Slavic language to be written was Bulgarian in 9th century.
  

Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages   
Macedonian language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
6   
3

How Many Consonants
17   
7
36   
26

Scripts
Latin   
Cyrillic   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Ẹ n lẹ   
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)   

Thank You
e dupe   
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)   

How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa   
Как си? (Kak si?)   

Good Night
Kasun layọ o   
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)   

Good Evening
ka a ale   
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)   

Good Afternoon
e kaasan   
Добър ден (Dobãr den)   

Good Morning
e kaaro   
Добро утро (Dobro utro)   

Please
Jowo   
Моля (Molja)   

Sorry
binu   
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)   

Bye
bye   
Довиждане (Doviždane)   

I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ   
Обичам те (Običam te)   

Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara   
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Itsekiri   
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
Bulgaria   

How Many People Speak
500,000.00   
34
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Ede   
Panagyurishte   

Where They Speak
Benin, Togo   
Bulgaria   

How Many People Speak
800,000.00   
27
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi   
Pirdop   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
Bulgaria   

How Many People Speak
10,000.00   
34
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
20   
18
58   
32

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.42 %   
32
Not Available   

Native Speakers
28.00 million   
29
7.80 million   
99+

Native Name
Yorùbá   
български (bãlgarski)   

Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba   
Balgarski   

French Name
yoruba   
bulgare   

German Name
Yoruba-Sprache   
Bulgarisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Yoruba people   
Not Available   

History

Origin
4 BC   
9th Century   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Western Sudanic   
Slavic   

Branch
Kwa   
Southern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian   

Standard Forms
Yorùbá   
Standard Bulgarian   

Language Position
49   
36
88   
99+

Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language   
Bulgarian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
yo   
bg   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
yor   
bul   

ISO 639 2/B
yor   
bul   

ISO 639 3
yor   
bul   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
buls   

Glottocode
yoru1245   
bulg1262   

Linguasphere
No data available   
53-AAA-hb   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Not Available   

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

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Yoruba and Bulgarian Speaking population

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

Yoruba and Bulgarian Language Codes

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

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