Countries
Benin, Nigeria
  
European Union, Ireland
  
National Language
Nigeria
  
Ireland
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Ireland
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Yoruba Academy
  
Foras na Gaeilge
  
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.
  
- In Irish language, there are no exact words for "yes" or "no".
- There are different set of numbers for counting humans and another set for counting non-humans in Irish Language.
  
Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Irish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Ẹ n lẹ
  
Dia dhuit
  
Thank You
e dupe
  
Go raibh maith agat
  
How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa
  
Conas atá tú ?
  
Good Night
Kasun layọ o
  
Oíche mhaith
  
Good Evening
ka a ale
  
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
Good Afternoon
e kaasan
  
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
Good Morning
e kaaro
  
Dia dhuit ar maidin
  
Please
Jowo
  
le do thoil
  
Sorry
binu
  
Tá brón orm
  
Bye
bye
  
Slán
  
I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ
  
Is breá liom thú
  
Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara
  
Gabh mo leithscéal
  
Dialect 1
Itsekiri
  
Connacht Irish
  
Where They Speak
Nigeria
  
Connacht
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Ede
  
Munster Irish
  
Where They Speak
Benin, Togo
  
Munster
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Ulukwumi
  
Ulster Irish
  
Where They Speak
Nigeria
  
Ulster
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million
  
36
1.79 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
28.00 million
  
29
0.14 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
1.65 million
  
35
Native Name
Yorùbá
  
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
  
Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba
  
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
  
French Name
yoruba
  
irlandais moyen
  
German Name
Yoruba-Sprache
  
Mittelirisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
  
Ethnicity
Yoruba people
  
Irish people
  
Origin
4 BC
  
c. 750
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Western Sudanic
  
Celtic
  
Branch
Kwa
  
Goidelic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
  
Standard Forms
Yorùbá
  
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language
  
Irish Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
yo
  
ga
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
yor
  
gle
  
ISO 639 2/B
yor
  
gle
  
ISO 639 3
yor
  
gle
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
yoru1245
  
iris1253
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
50-AAA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Fusional
  
Yoruba and Irish Speaking population
Yoruba and Irish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Yoruba and Irish languages can be compared. The total count of Yoruba and Irish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Irish 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 Irish on Yoruba vs Irish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Yoruba and Irish Language Codes
Yoruba and Irish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Yoruba and Irish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.