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Yoruba and Italian


Italian and Yoruba


Countries

Countries
Benin, Nigeria   
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
7   
8

National Language
Nigeria   
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Europe   

Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America   
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia   

Regulated By
Yoruba Academy   
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)   

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.
  
  • One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  

Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages   
French and Portuguese Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
5   
2

How Many Consonants
17   
7
16   
6

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Ẹ n lẹ   
ciao   

Thank You
e dupe   
grazie   

How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa   
Come stai?   

Good Night
Kasun layọ o   
buonanotte   

Good Evening
ka a ale   
buonasera   

Good Afternoon
e kaasan   
buon pomeriggio   

Good Morning
e kaaro   
buongiorno   

Please
Jowo   
Per Favore   

Sorry
binu   
scusate   

Bye
bye   
arrivederci   

I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ   
Ti amo   

Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara   
Scusami   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Itsekiri   
Romanesco   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
Lazio   

How Many People Speak
500,000.00   
34
3,000,000.00   
21

Dialect 2
Ede   
Central Italian   

Where They Speak
Benin, Togo   
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria   

How Many People Speak
800,000.00   
27
5,000,000.00   
14

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi   
Tuscan   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria   

How Many People Speak
10,000.00   
34
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
20   
18
15   
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million   
36
78.00 million   
21

Speaking Population
0.42 %   
32
0.90 %   
22

Native Speakers
28.00 million   
29
64.00 million   
18

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
14.00 million   
20

Native Name
Yorùbá   
Italiano   

Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba   
Italiano   

French Name
yoruba   
italien   

German Name
Yoruba-Sprache   
Italienisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[itaˈljaːno]   

Ethnicity
Yoruba people   
Italians   

History

Origin
4 BC   
960 BC   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Western Sudanic   
Romance   

Branch
Kwa   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Yorùbá   
Italian   

Language Position
49   
36
27   
23

Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language   
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
yo   
it   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
yor   
ita   

ISO 639 2/B
yor   
ita   

ISO 639 3
yor   
ita   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
itas   

Glottocode
yoru1245   
ital1282   

Linguasphere
No data available   
51-AAA-q   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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

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Yoruba and Italian Speaking population

Yoruba and Italian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Yoruba and Italian languages can be compared. The total count of Yoruba and Italian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Italian language is 0.90 %. 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 Italian on Yoruba vs Italian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Yoruba and Italian Language Codes

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

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