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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Benin, Nigeria
Zimbabwe
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
21
About Bhojpuri Language
0 46
1.3 National Language
Nigeria
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa
1.6 Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Yoruba Academy
Not Available
1.8 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.
  • Shona language is tonal language.
  • The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
1.9 Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages
Kalanga and Nambya Language
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
29NA
About Irish Language
18 247
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
125
About Hebrew Language
0 32
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
1746
About German Language
9 60
2.4 Scripts
Latin
Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
34
About Bengali Language
2 12
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
30 weeksNA
About Cebuano Language
3 88
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Ẹ n lẹ
Mhoro
3.2 Thank You
e dupe
Waita zvako
3.3 How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa
Wakadini zvako?
3.4 Good Night
Kasun layọ o
Urare zvakanaka
3.5 Good Evening
ka a ale
Manheru
3.6 Good Afternoon
e kaasan
Masikati
3.7 Good Morning
e kaaro
Mangwanani
3.8 Please
Jowo
Ndinokumbirawo
3.9 Sorry
binu
Ndineurombo
3.10 Bye
bye
bye
3.11 I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ
Ndinokuda
3.12 Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara
Pamusoro
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Itsekiri
Hwesa
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Nigeria
Zimbabwe
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
500,000.00NA
About Macedonian Language
1.5 960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Ede
Karanga
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Benin, Togo
southern Zimbabwe
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
800,000.00NA
About Dzongkha Language
700 80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Ulukwumi
Zezuru
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Nigeria
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
10,000.00NA
About Romanian Language
1400 96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
204
About Sanskrit Language
0 188
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
30.00 million25.00 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 1200
5.2 Speaking Population
0.42 %0.13 %
About Xhosa Language
0.11 89
5.3 Native Speakers
28.00 million8.30 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
NANA
About Finnish Language
0.01 400
5.3.2 Native Name
Yorùbá
Not Available
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
5.3.4 French Name
yoruba
shona
5.3.5 German Name
Yoruba-Sprache
Schona-Sprache
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Yoruba people
Not Available
6 History
6.1 Origin
4 BC
20th century
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Niger-Congo Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Western Sudanic
Benue-Congo
6.2.2 Branch
Kwa
Bantu
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Not Available
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Yorùbá
Not Available
6.3.3 Language Position
49107
About Chinese Language
1 120
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language
Not Available
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
yo
sn
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
yor
sna
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
yor
sna
7.3 ISO 639 3
yor
sna
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
yoru1245
core1255
7.6 Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUT-a
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Not Available

Yoruba and Shona Alphabets

Yoruba and Shona Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Yoruba and Shona. In Yoruba Alphabets there are 29 letters while in Shona Alphabets there are Not Available letters. To learn Yoruba and Shona languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Yoruba and Shona languages. The Yoruba phonology consist Yoruba vowels and Yoruba consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Yoruba greetings vs Shona greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Yoruba and Shona are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Yoruba and Shona Speaking population

Yoruba and Shona speaking population is one of the factors based on which Yoruba and Shona languages can be compared. The total count of Yoruba and Shona Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 %. 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 Shona on Yoruba vs Shona where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Yoruba and Shona Language Codes

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