Countries
Benin, Nigeria
  
Israel
  
National Language
Nigeria
  
Israel
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Israel
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Africa, Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Poland
  
Regulated By
Yoruba Academy
  
Academy of the Hebrew Language
  
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 original language of Bible is Hebrew.
- The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
  
Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages
  
Arabic and Aramaic languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Aramaic Language
  
Alphabets in
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Hebrew-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Vowels
0
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Hebrew
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Ẹ n lẹ
  
שלום (Shalom)
  
Thank You
e dupe
  
תודה (Toda)
  
How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa
  
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
  
Good Night
Kasun layọ o
  
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
  
Good Evening
ka a ale
  
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
  
Good Afternoon
e kaasan
  
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
  
Good Morning
e kaaro
  
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
  
Please
Jowo
  
בבקשה (bevekshah)
  
Sorry
binu
  
סליחה! (Slicha)
  
Bye
bye
  
להתראות (Lehitraot)
  
I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ
  
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
  
Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara
  
בבקשה!
  
Dialect 1
Itsekiri
  
Ashkenazi Hebrew
  
Where They Speak
Nigeria
  
Israel
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Ede
  
Samaritan Hebrew
  
Where They Speak
Benin, Togo
  
Israel, Palestine
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Ulukwumi
  
Yemenite Hebrew
  
Where They Speak
Nigeria
  
Israel
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million
  
36
9.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
28.00 million
  
29
4.40 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
5.60 million
  
27
Native Name
Yorùbá
  
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
  
Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba
  
Israeli, Ivrit
  
French Name
yoruba
  
hébreu
  
German Name
Yoruba-Sprache
  
Hebräisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
  
Ethnicity
Yoruba people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
4 BC
  
1000 BC
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Western Sudanic
  
Semitic
  
Branch
Kwa
  
Canaanitic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
  
Standard Forms
Yorùbá
  
Modern Hebrew
  
Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language
  
Signed Hebrew
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
yo
  
he
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
yor
  
heb
  
ISO 639 2/B
yor
  
heb
  
ISO 639 3
yor
  
heb
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
yoru1245
  
hebr1246
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
12-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Yoruba and Hebrew Speaking population
Yoruba and Hebrew speaking population is one of the factors based on which Yoruba and Hebrew languages can be compared. The total count of Yoruba and Hebrew Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Hebrew 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 Hebrew on Yoruba vs Hebrew where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Yoruba and Hebrew Language Codes
Yoruba and Hebrew language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Yoruba and Hebrew Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.