Countries
Benin, Nigeria
  
United States of America
  
National Language
Nigeria
  
United States of America
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
North America
  
Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Yoruba Academy
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- Navajo language is tonal language, as it heavily relies on pitch to distinguish between similar words.
- Navajo ethinc group is 2nd largest Native American group.
  
Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages
  
Apache Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Navajo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Ẹ n lẹ
  
Yá'át'ééh
  
Thank You
e dupe
  
Ahéhee'
  
How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa
  
Ąąʼ haʼíí baa naniná?
  
Good Night
Kasun layọ o
  
Yá'át'ééh hiiłchi'į'
  
Good Evening
ka a ale
  
Yá'át'ééh ałní'íní
  
Good Afternoon
e kaasan
  
Yá'át'ééh
  
Good Morning
e kaaro
  
Yá'át'ééh abíní
  
Please
Jowo
  
T'aa shoodi
  
Sorry
binu
  
Not available
  
Bye
bye
  
Hágoónee’
  
I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ
  
Ayóó ánííníshí
  
Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara
  
Shoohá
  
Dialect 1
Itsekiri
  
Navajo1
  
Where They Speak
Nigeria
  
Arizona
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Ede
  
Navajo2
  
Where They Speak
Benin, Togo
  
New Mexico
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Ulukwumi
  
Navajo3
  
Where They Speak
Nigeria
  
Utah
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million
  
36
1.70 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
28.00 million
  
29
1.70 million
  
99+
Native Name
Yorùbá
  
Diné Bizaad / Dinék'ehjí
  
Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba
  
Navaho
  
French Name
yoruba
  
navaho
  
German Name
Yoruba-Sprache
  
Navajo-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Yoruba people
  
Navajo people
  
Origin
4 BC
  
1500 CE
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Dené–Yeniseian Family
  
Subgroup
Western Sudanic
  
Athapascan
  
Branch
Kwa
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Yorùbá
  
Navajo
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language
  
Navajo Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
yo
  
nv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
yor
  
nav
  
ISO 639 2/B
yor
  
nav
  
ISO 639 3
yor
  
nav
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
yoru1245
  
nava1243
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Fusional, Polysynthetic, Synthetic
  
Yoruba and Navajo Speaking population
Yoruba and Navajo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Yoruba and Navajo languages can be compared. The total count of Yoruba and Navajo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Navajo 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 Navajo on Yoruba vs Navajo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Yoruba and Navajo Language Codes
Yoruba and Navajo language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Yoruba and Navajo Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.