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Yoruba and Macedonian


Macedonian and Yoruba


Countries

Countries
Benin, Nigeria   
Macedonia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Nigeria   
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Europe   

Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America   
Albania, Romania, Serbia   

Regulated By
Yoruba Academy   
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"   

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.
  
  • There are plenty of loan words in Macedonian language from the Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian languages.
  • The only Indo-European language that make use of the narrative mood is Macedonian language.
  

Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages   
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
31   
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
5   
2

How Many Consonants
17   
7
26   
16

Scripts
Latin   
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Ẹ n lẹ   
Здраво (Zdravo)   

Thank You
e dupe   
Благодарам (Blagodaram)   

How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa   
Како си? (Kako si?)   

Good Night
Kasun layọ o   
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)   

Good Evening
ka a ale   
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)   

Good Afternoon
e kaasan   
Добар ден (Dobar den)   

Good Morning
e kaaro   
Добро утро (Dobro utro)   

Please
Jowo   
Ве молиме (Ve molime)   

Sorry
binu   
жал (žal)   

Bye
bye   
Чао (Čao)   

I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ   
Те сакам (Te sakam)   

Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara   
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Itsekiri   
Torlakian   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   

How Many People Speak
500,000.00   
34
1.50   
99+

Dialect 2
Ede   
Debar   

Where They Speak
Benin, Togo   
Macedonia   

How Many People Speak
800,000.00   
27
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi   
Galičnik   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
Macedonia   

How Many People Speak
10,000.00   
34
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
20   
18
28   
23

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million   
36
2.50 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.42 %   
32
Not Available   

Native Speakers
28.00 million   
29
2.50 million   
99+

Native Name
Yorùbá   
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)   

Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba   
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic   

French Name
yoruba   
macédonien   

German Name
Yoruba-Sprache   
Makedonisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]   

Ethnicity
Yoruba people   
Macedonians   

History

Origin
4 BC   
2200 BC   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Western Sudanic   
Slavic   

Branch
Kwa   
Southern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Yorùbá   
Macedonian   

Language Position
49   
36
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language   
Macedonian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
yo   
mk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
yor   
mkd   

ISO 639 2/B
yor   
mac   

ISO 639 3
yor   
mkd   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
yoru1245   
mace1250   

Linguasphere
No data available   
53-AAA-ha   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Analytic   

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

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Yoruba and Macedonian Speaking population

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

Yoruba and Macedonian Language Codes

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

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