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Yoruba and Slovak


Slovak and Yoruba


Countries

Countries
Benin, Nigeria   
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
4   
11

National Language
Nigeria   
Slovakia, Vojvodina, 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   
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Yoruba Academy   
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic   

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.
  
  • Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
  • Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  

Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages   
Czech Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Czech-Slovak Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
46   
26

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
15   
12

How Many Consonants
17   
7
38   
27

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
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Ẹ n lẹ   
Ahoj   

Thank You
e dupe   
Ďakujem vám   

How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa   
Ako sa máte?   

Good Night
Kasun layọ o   
Dobrú noc   

Good Evening
ka a ale   
Dobrý večer   

Good Afternoon
e kaasan   
Dobré popoludnie   

Good Morning
e kaaro   
Dobré ráno   

Please
Jowo   
Prosím   

Sorry
binu   
Pardón!   

Bye
bye   
Dovidenia   

I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ   
Ľúbim Ťa   

Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara   
Prepáčte!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Itsekiri   
Eastern Slovak   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin   

How Many People Speak
500,000.00   
34
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Ede   
Central Slovak   

Where They Speak
Benin, Togo   
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec   

How Many People Speak
800,000.00   
27
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi   
Western Slovak   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie   

How Many People Speak
10,000.00   
34
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
20   
18
4   
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.42 %   
32
Not Available   

Native Speakers
28.00 million   
29
5.20 million   
99+

Native Name
Yorùbá   
slovenčina   

Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba   
Slovakian, Slovencina   

French Name
yoruba   
slovaque   

German Name
Yoruba-Sprache   
Slowakisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Yoruba people   
Slovaks   

History

Origin
4 BC   
6th Century   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Western Sudanic   
Slavic   

Branch
Kwa   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Proto-Slavic   

Standard Forms
Yorùbá   
Slovak   

Language Position
49   
36
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
yo   
sk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
yor   
slk   

ISO 639 2/B
yor   
slo   

ISO 639 3
yor   
slk   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
yoru1245   
slov1269   

Linguasphere
No data available   
53-AAA-db   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Synthetic   

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

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Yoruba and Slovak Speaking population

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

Yoruba and Slovak Language Codes

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

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