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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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