Countries
Benin, Nigeria
  
East Asia, European Union, South America
  
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 in
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Esperanto-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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!
  
Dialect 1
Itsekiri
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Nigeria
  
Not present
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Ede
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Benin, Togo
  
Not present
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Ulukwumi
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Nigeria
  
Not present
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Total No. Of Dialects
0
  
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million
  
36
2.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language
  
Signuno
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.