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Yoruba and Esperanto


Esperanto and Yoruba


Countries

Countries
Benin, Nigeria  
East Asia, European Union, South America  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
3  
12

National Language
Nigeria  
East Asia, European Union  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Central Europe, East Asia, Eastern Europe, South America  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia, Europe, South America  

Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Yoruba Academy  
Akademio de Esperanto  

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 most widely spoken constructed language in the world is Esperanto.
  • Esperanto is an artificial international language.
  

Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages  
Not Available  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
5  
2

How Many Consonants
17  
7
27  
17

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
9
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

Hello
Ẹ n lẹ  
Halo  

Thank You
e dupe  
Dankon  

How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa  
Kiel vi sanas?  

Good Night
Kasun layọ o  
Bonan nokton  

Good Evening
ka a ale  
Bonan vesperon  

Good Afternoon
e kaasan  
Bonan posttagmezon  

Good Morning
e kaaro  
Bonan matenon  

Please
Jowo  
Mi petas  

Sorry
binu  
Mi bedaŭras!  

Bye
bye  
Ĝis poste  

I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ  
Mi amas vin  

Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara  
Pardonu!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Itsekiri  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Not present  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
34
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Ede  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Benin, Togo  
Not present  

How Many People Speak
800,000.00  
27
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Not present  

How Many People Speak
10,000.00  
34
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
0  

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.42 %  
32
Not Available  

Native Speakers
28.00 million  
29
0.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
2.00 million  
34

Native Name
Yorùbá  
Esperanto  

Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba  
Eo, La Lingvo Internacia  

French Name
yoruba  
espéranto  

German Name
Yoruba-Sprache  
Esperanto  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[espeˈranto]  

Ethnicity
Yoruba people  
Not Available  

History

Origin
4 BC  
1887  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Western Sudanic  
Not Available  

Branch
Kwa  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Esperanto  

Standard Forms
Yorùbá  
Esperanto  

Language Position
49  
36
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language  
Signuno  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
yo  
eo  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
yor  
epo  

ISO 639 2/B
yor  
epo  

ISO 639 3
yor  
epo  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
yoru1245  
espe1235  

Linguasphere
No data available  
51-AAB-da  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Constructed  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Agglutinative  

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

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Yoruba and Esperanto Speaking population

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

Yoruba and Esperanto Language Codes

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

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