Home
Languagevs


Yoruba and Dutch


Dutch and Yoruba


Countries

Countries
Benin, Nigeria   
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
6   
9

National Language
Nigeria   
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
South Africa   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia, Europe, North America, South America   

Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America   
France, Germany, Indonesia   

Regulated By
Yoruba Academy   
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)   

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.
  
  • Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
  • There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
  

Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages   
German and English Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
6   
3

How Many Consonants
17   
7
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Ẹ n lẹ   
Hallo   

Thank You
e dupe   
dankjewel   

How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa   
hoe gaat het met je?   

Good Night
Kasun layọ o   
goede Nacht   

Good Evening
ka a ale   
goedenavond   

Good Afternoon
e kaasan   
goedemiddag   

Good Morning
e kaaro   
goedemorgen   

Please
Jowo   
alsjeblieft   

Sorry
binu   
sorry   

Bye
bye   
vaarwel   

I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ   
Ik hou van jou   

Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara   
pardon   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Itsekiri   
Gronings   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
Netherlands   

How Many People Speak
500,000.00   
34
590,000.00   
32

Dialect 2
Ede   
Low Saxon   

Where They Speak
Benin, Togo   
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands   

How Many People Speak
800,000.00   
27
4,000,000.00   
16

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi   
Limburgian   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
Belgium, Netherlands   

How Many People Speak
10,000.00   
34
1,300,000.00   
18

Total No. Of Dialects
20   
18
7   
7

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million   
36
28.00 million   
38

Speaking Population
0.42 %   
32
0.32 %   
38

Native Speakers
28.00 million   
29
22.00 million   
35

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
6.00 million   
25

Native Name
Yorùbá   
Nederlands   

Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba   
Hollands, Nederlands   

French Name
yoruba   
néerlandais; flamand   

German Name
Yoruba-Sprache   
Niederländisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]   

Ethnicity
Yoruba people   
Dutch people   

History

Origin
4 BC   
AD 450-500   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Western Sudanic   
Germanic   

Branch
Kwa   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch   

Standard Forms
Yorùbá   
Standard Dutch   

Language Position
49   
36
48   
35

Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language   
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
yo   
nl   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
yor   
nld   

ISO 639 2/B
yor   
dut   

ISO 639 3
yor   
nld   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
yoru1245   
mode1257   

Linguasphere
No data available   
52-ACB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Historical   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Synthetic   

Summary >>
<< Code

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

Compare Most Difficult Languages

Yoruba and Dutch Speaking population

Yoruba and Dutch speaking population is one of the factors based on which Yoruba and Dutch languages can be compared. The total count of Yoruba and Dutch Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 %. 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 Dutch on Yoruba vs Dutch where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Yoruba and Dutch Language Codes

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

Most Difficult Languages

Most Difficult Languages

» More Most Difficult Languages

Compare Most Difficult Languages

» More Compare Most Difficult Languages