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Yoruba and Dzongkha


Dzongkha and Yoruba


Countries

Countries
Benin, Nigeria   
Bhutan   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Nigeria   
Bhutan   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
India   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia   

Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America   
India   

Regulated By
Yoruba Academy   
Dzongkha Development Commission   

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.
  
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  

Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages   
Sikkimese Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Tibetan Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
95   
39

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
5   
2

How Many Consonants
17   
7
30   
20

Scripts
Latin   
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
Ẹ n lẹ   
Kuzoozangpo La   

Thank You
e dupe   
Kaadinchhey La   

How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa   
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?   

Good Night
Kasun layọ o   
lek shom ay zim   

Good Evening
ka a ale   
Not Available   

Good Afternoon
e kaasan   
Not Available   

Good Morning
e kaaro   
Not Available   

Please
Jowo   
Not Available   

Sorry
binu   
Tsip maza   

Bye
bye   
Log Jay Gay   

I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ   
Nga cheu lu ga   

Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara   
Tsip maza   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Itsekiri   
Laya   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
Bhutan   

How Many People Speak
500,000.00   
34
1,100.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Ede   
Lunana   

Where They Speak
Benin, Togo   
Bhutan   

How Many People Speak
800,000.00   
27
700.00   
99+

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi   
Adap   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
Bhutan   

How Many People Speak
10,000.00   
34
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
20   
18
Not Available   

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.42 %   
32
Not Available   

Native Speakers
28.00 million   
29
0.17 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
0.47 million   
37

Native Name
Yorùbá   
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)   

Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba   
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar   

French Name
yoruba   
dzongkha   

German Name
Yoruba-Sprache   
Dzongkha   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not available   

Ethnicity
Yoruba people   
Ngalop people   

History

Origin
4 BC   
17th Century   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Sino-Tibetan Family   

Subgroup
Western Sudanic   
Not Available   

Branch
Kwa   
Tibeto-Burman   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Yorùbá   
Dzongkha   

Language Position
49   
36
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
yo   
dz   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
yor   
dzo   

ISO 639 2/B
yor   
dzo   

ISO 639 3
yor   
dzo   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
yoru1245   
nucl1307   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Not Available   

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

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Yoruba and Dzongkha Speaking population

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

Yoruba and Dzongkha Language Codes

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

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