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Yoruba and Mongolian


Mongolian and Yoruba


Countries

Countries
Benin, Nigeria   
China, Mongolia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Nigeria   
China, Mongolia   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia   

Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Yoruba Academy   
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)   

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.
  
  • Mongolian was first written using Phagspa script in late 13th century.
  • There is no connection between Mongolian, Japanese and Korean, but still in terms of grammar and sentence structure they are very similar.
  

Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages   
Turkish Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
35   
17

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
13   
10

How Many Consonants
17   
7
20   
10

Scripts
Latin   
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script   

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   
Сайн уу (Sain uu)   

Thank You
e dupe   
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)   

How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa   
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)   

Good Night
Kasun layọ o   
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)   

Good Evening
ka a ale   
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)   

Good Afternoon
e kaasan   
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)   

Good Morning
e kaaro   
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)   

Please
Jowo   
Хэрэв (Kherev)   

Sorry
binu   
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)   

Bye
bye   
Баяртай (Bayartai)   

I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ   
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)   

Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara   
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Itsekiri   
Khalkha Mongolian   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
Mongolia   

How Many People Speak
500,000.00   
34
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Ede   
Ordos Mongolian   

Where They Speak
Benin, Togo   
Mongolia   

How Many People Speak
800,000.00   
27
123,000.00   
34

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi   
Khorchin Mongolian   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
Mongolia   

How Many People Speak
10,000.00   
34
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
20   
18
8   
8

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.42 %   
32
Not Available   

Native Speakers
28.00 million   
29
5.70 million   
99+

Native Name
Yorùbá   
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)   

Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba   
Not Available   

French Name
yoruba   
mongol   

German Name
Yoruba-Sprache   
Mongolisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/   

Ethnicity
Yoruba people   
Not Available   

History

Origin
4 BC   
1224-1225   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Mongolic family   

Subgroup
Western Sudanic   
Mongolian   

Branch
Kwa   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian   

Standard Forms
Yorùbá   
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian   

Language Position
49   
36
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language   
Mongolian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
yo   
mn   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
yor   
mon   

ISO 639 2/B
yor   
mon   

ISO 639 3
yor   
mon   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
yoru1245   
mong1331   

Linguasphere
No data available   
part of 44-BAA-b   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Not Available   

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

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Yoruba and Mongolian Speaking population

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

Yoruba and Mongolian Language Codes

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

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