Countries
Benin, Nigeria
  
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
  
National Language
Nigeria
  
Sweden
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Finland
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Antartica, Europe
  
Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Yoruba Academy
  
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
  
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.
  
- In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages
  
Norwegian and Danish Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Old Norse Language
  
Alphabets in
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Ẹ n lẹ
  
hej
  
Thank You
e dupe
  
tacka dig
  
How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa
  
hur mår du
  
Good Night
Kasun layọ o
  
godnatt
  
Good Evening
ka a ale
  
god kväll
  
Good Afternoon
e kaasan
  
god eftermiddag
  
Good Morning
e kaaro
  
god morgon
  
Please
Jowo
  
vänligen
  
Sorry
binu
  
ledsen
  
Bye
bye
  
hej då
  
I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ
  
jag älskar dig
  
Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara
  
ursäkta mig
  
Dialect 1
Itsekiri
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
Nigeria
  
Gabon
  
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00
  
6
Dialect 2
Ede
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
Benin, Togo
  
Georgia
  
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00
  
2
Dialect 3
Ulukwumi
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
Nigeria
  
France
  
How Many People Speak
96,000,000.00
  
1
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million
  
36
15.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
28.00 million
  
29
8.70 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
5.00 million
  
29
Native Name
Yorùbá
  
Svenska
  
Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba
  
Ruotsi, Svenska
  
French Name
yoruba
  
suédois
  
German Name
Yoruba-Sprache
  
Schwedisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
  
Ethnicity
Yoruba people
  
Swedes, Finland Swedes
  
Origin
4 BC
  
13th Century
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Western Sudanic
  
Germanic
  
Branch
Kwa
  
Northern (Scandinavian)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Swedish
  
Standard Forms
Yorùbá
  
Standard Swedish
  
Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language
  
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
yo
  
sv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
yor
  
swe
  
ISO 639 2/B
yor
  
swe
  
ISO 639 3
yor
  
swe
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
yoru1245
  
swed1254
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
52-AAA-ck to -cw
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Not Available
  
Yoruba and Swedish Speaking population
Yoruba and Swedish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Yoruba and Swedish languages can be compared. The total count of Yoruba and Swedish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Swedish 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 Swedish on Yoruba vs Swedish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Yoruba and Swedish Language Codes
Yoruba and Swedish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Yoruba and Swedish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.