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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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