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Yoruba and Serbian


Serbian and Yoruba


Countries

Countries
Benin, Nigeria   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
4   
11

National Language
Nigeria   
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, 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   
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia   

Regulated By
Yoruba Academy   
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language   

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.
  
  • Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
  • Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  

Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages   
Bosnian and Croatian Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
5   
2

How Many Consonants
17   
7
25   
15

Scripts
Latin   
Cyrillic, Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Ẹ n lẹ   
Здраво (Zdravo)   

Thank You
e dupe   
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)   

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

Good Night
Kasun layọ o   
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)   

Good Evening
ka a ale   
Добро вече (Dobro veče)   

Good Afternoon
e kaasan   
Добар дан (Dobar dan)   

Good Morning
e kaaro   
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)   

Please
Jowo   
Молим (Molim)   

Sorry
binu   
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)   

Bye
bye   
Довиђења (Doviđenja)   

I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ   
Волим те (Volim te)   

Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara   
Извините (Izvinite)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Itsekiri   
Prizren-Timok   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
Southeastern Serbia   

How Many People Speak
500,000.00   
34
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Ede   
Smederevo–Vršac   

Where They Speak
Benin, Togo   
Serbia   

How Many People Speak
800,000.00   
27
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi   
Torlakian   

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

How Many People Speak
10,000.00   
34
1,500,000.00   
17

Total No. Of Dialects
20   
18
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.42 %   
32
Not Available   

Native Speakers
28.00 million   
29
8.70 million   
99+

Native Name
Yorùbá   
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)   

Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba   
Montenegrin   

French Name
yoruba   
serbe   

German Name
Yoruba-Sprache   
Serbisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[sr̩̂pskiː]   

Ethnicity
Yoruba people   
Serbs   

History

Origin
4 BC   
11th Century   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Western Sudanic   
Not Available   

Branch
Kwa   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Yorùbá   
Standard Serbian   

Language Position
49   
36
44   
33

Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
yo   
sr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
yor   
srp   

ISO 639 2/B
yor   
srp   

ISO 639 3
yor   
srp   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
yoru1245   
serb1264   

Linguasphere
No data available   
53-AAA-g   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Not Available   

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

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Yoruba and Serbian Speaking population

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

Yoruba and Serbian Language Codes

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

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