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Yoruba and Romanian


Romanian and Yoruba


Countries

Countries
Benin, Nigeria   
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
6   
9

National Language
Nigeria   
Moldova, Romania   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Kazakhstan, Russia   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America   
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Yoruba Academy   
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li   

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.
  
  • Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
  • The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  

Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages   
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
31   
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
7   
4

How Many Consonants
17   
7
20   
10

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   
alo   

Thank You
e dupe   
multumesc   

How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa   
ce mai faci?   

Good Night
Kasun layọ o   
noapte Buna   

Good Evening
ka a ale   
buna Seara   

Good Afternoon
e kaasan   
buna Ziua   

Good Morning
e kaaro   
bună Dimineața   

Please
Jowo   
Vă Rog   

Sorry
binu   
scuze   

Bye
bye   
La revedere   

I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ   
Te iubesc   

Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara   
Scuza-Ma   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Itsekiri   
Aromanian   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
500,000.00   
34
250,000.00   
38

Dialect 2
Ede   
Megleno-Romanian   

Where They Speak
Benin, Togo   
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
800,000.00   
27
5,000.00   
99+

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi   
Istro-Romanian   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
Croatia   

How Many People Speak
10,000.00   
34
1,400.00   
37

Total No. Of Dialects
20   
18
10   
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million   
36
28.00 million   
38

Speaking Population
0.42 %   
32
0.37 %   
35

Native Speakers
28.00 million   
29
24.00 million   
33

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
4.00 million   
30

Native Name
Yorùbá   
Română   

Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba   
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian   

French Name
yoruba   
roumain; moldave   

German Name
Yoruba-Sprache   
Rumänisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[roˈmɨnə]   

Ethnicity
Yoruba people   
Romanians   

History

Origin
4 BC   
1521   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Western Sudanic   
Not Available   

Branch
Kwa   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Proto-Romanian   

Standard Forms
Yorùbá   
Romanian   

Language Position
49   
36
36   
28

Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language   
Romanian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
yo   
ro   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
yor   
ron   

ISO 639 2/B
yor   
rum   

ISO 639 3
yor   
ron   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
yoru1245   
roma1327   

Linguasphere
No data available   
51-AAD-c   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Synthetic   

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

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Yoruba and Romanian Speaking population

Yoruba and Romanian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Yoruba and Romanian languages can be compared. The total count of Yoruba and Romanian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Romanian language is 0.37 %. 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 Romanian on Yoruba vs Romanian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Yoruba and Romanian Language Codes

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

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