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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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