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Yoruba and Sundanese


Sundanese and Yoruba


Countries

Countries
Benin, Nigeria   
West Java   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Nigeria   
Indonesia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia   

Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Yoruba Academy   
Not Available   

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.
  
  • The Sundanese language is second most widely spoken regional language in Indonesia.
  

Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages   
Madurese and Malay Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
Not Available   

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
5   
2

How Many Consonants
17   
7
16   
6

Scripts
Latin   
Latin, Sundanese   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
Ẹ n lẹ   
Halo   

Thank You
e dupe   
Nuhun   

How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa   
Kumaha kabarna?   

Good Night
Kasun layọ o   
Wilujeng kulem   

Good Evening
ka a ale   
Wilujeng wengi   

Good Afternoon
e kaasan   
Wilujeng siang   

Good Morning
e kaaro   
Wilujeng énjing   

Please
Jowo   
Mangga   

Sorry
binu   
Hapunten   

Bye
bye   
Wilujeng angkat   

I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ   
Abdi bogoh ka anjeun   

Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara   
Punten   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Itsekiri   
Western dialect   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
Banten   

How Many People Speak
500,000.00   
34
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Ede   
Northern dialect   

Where They Speak
Benin, Togo   
Bogor   

How Many People Speak
800,000.00   
27
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi   
Priangan dialect   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
Bandung   

How Many People Speak
10,000.00   
34
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
20   
18
6   
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million   
36
39.00 million   
32

Speaking Population
0.42 %   
32
0.57 %   
27

Native Speakers
28.00 million   
29
38.00 million   
26

Native Name
Yorùbá   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba   
Priangan, Sunda   

French Name
yoruba   
soundanais   

German Name
Yoruba-Sprache   
Sundanesisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Yoruba people   
Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui   

History

Origin
4 BC   
5th century AD   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Western Sudanic   
Indonesian   

Branch
Kwa   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Yorùbá   
Sundanese   

Language Position
49   
36
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
yo   
su   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
yor   
sun   

ISO 639 2/B
yor   
sun   

ISO 639 3
yor   
sun   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
yoru1245   
sund1251   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

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

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Yoruba and Sundanese Speaking population

Yoruba and Sundanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Yoruba and Sundanese languages can be compared. The total count of Yoruba and Sundanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Sundanese language is 0.57 %. 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 Sundanese on Yoruba vs Sundanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Yoruba and Sundanese Language Codes

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

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