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Yoruba and Tagalog


Tagalog and Yoruba


Countries

Countries
Benin, Nigeria  
Philippines  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Nigeria  
Philippines  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Filipinos  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia, Australia  

Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom  

Regulated By
Yoruba Academy  
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee  

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 1593, "Doctrina Christiana" was first book written in two versions of Tagalog.
  • The name "Tagalog" means "native to" and "river". "Tagalog"is derived from taga ilog, which means "inhabitants of the river".
  

Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages  
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
25  
7

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
5  
2

How Many Consonants
17  
7
18  
8

Scripts
Latin  
Baybayin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
9
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Ẹ n lẹ  
Kamusta  

Thank You
e dupe  
Salamat po  

How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa  
Kamusta ka na?  

Good Night
Kasun layọ o  
Magandang gabi  

Good Evening
ka a ale  
Magandang gabi po  

Good Afternoon
e kaasan  
Magandang hapon po  

Good Morning
e kaaro  
Magandang umaga po  

Please
Jowo  
pakiusap  

Sorry
binu  
pinagsisisihan  

Bye
bye  
Paálam  

I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ  
Iniibig kita  

Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara  
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Itsekiri  
Batangas Tagalog  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Batangas, Gabon  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
34
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Ede  
Bisalog  

Where They Speak
Benin, Togo  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
800,000.00  
27
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi  
Filipino  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
10,000.00  
34
90,000.00  
30

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
73.00 million  
24

Speaking Population
0.42 %  
32
0.42 %  
32

Native Speakers
28.00 million  
29
28.00 million  
29

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
45.00 million  
13

Native Name
Yorùbá  
Tagalog  

Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba  
Filipino, Pilipino  

French Name
yoruba  
tagalog  

German Name
Yoruba-Sprache  
Tagalog  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]  

Ethnicity
Yoruba people  
Tagalog people  

History

Origin
4 BC  
1593  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Western Sudanic  
Indonesian  

Branch
Kwa  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog  

Standard Forms
Yorùbá  
Filipino  

Language Position
49  
36
58  
99+

Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
yo  
t1  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
yor  
tgl  

ISO 639 2/B
yor  
tgl  

ISO 639 3
yor  
tg1  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
yoru1245  
taga1269  

Linguasphere
No data available  
31-CKA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Not Available  

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

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Yoruba and Tagalog Speaking population

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

Yoruba and Tagalog Language Codes

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

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