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Yoruba and Turkish


Turkish and Yoruba


Countries

Countries
Benin, Nigeria   
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
11   
5

National Language
Nigeria   
Turkey   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania   

Regulated By
Yoruba Academy   
Turkish Language Association   

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.
  
  • Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
  • Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  

Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages   
Azerbaijani Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
8   
5

How Many Consonants
17   
7
21   
11

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   
Merhaba   

Thank You
e dupe   
teşekkür ederim   

How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa   
Nasılsın?   

Good Night
Kasun layọ o   
İyi Geceler   

Good Evening
ka a ale   
İyi Akşamlar   

Good Afternoon
e kaasan   
Tünaydın   

Good Morning
e kaaro   
günaydın   

Please
Jowo   
lütfen   

Sorry
binu   
üzgünüm   

Bye
bye   
Hoşçakal   

I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ   
Seni seviyorum   

Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara   
Afedersiniz   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Itsekiri   
Azerbaijani Turkish   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
500,000.00   
34
26,000,000.00   
9

Dialect 2
Ede   
Crimean Turkish   

Where They Speak
Benin, Togo   
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   

How Many People Speak
800,000.00   
27
480,000.00   
29

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi   
Gagauz   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine   

How Many People Speak
10,000.00   
34
140,000.00   
26

Total No. Of Dialects
20   
18
9   
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million   
36
75.00 million   
23

Speaking Population
0.42 %   
32
0.95 %   
21

Native Speakers
28.00 million   
29
60.00 million   
20

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
15.00 million   
18

Native Name
Yorùbá   
Türkçe   

Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba   
Anatolian, Türkisch   

French Name
yoruba   
turc   

German Name
Yoruba-Sprache   
Türkisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]   

Ethnicity
Yoruba people   
Turkish   

History

Origin
4 BC   
c. 1350   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Turkic Family   

Subgroup
Western Sudanic   
Turkic   

Branch
Kwa   
Southwestern(Oghuz)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish   

Standard Forms
Yorùbá   
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)   

Language Position
49   
36
19   
17

Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language   
Turkish Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
yo   
tr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
yor   
tur   

ISO 639 2/B
yor   
tur   

ISO 639 3
yor   
tur   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
yoru1245   
nucl1301   

Linguasphere
No data available   
44-AAB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Synthetic   

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

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Yoruba and Turkish Speaking population

Yoruba and Turkish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Yoruba and Turkish languages can be compared. The total count of Yoruba and Turkish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Turkish language is 0.95 %. 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 Turkish on Yoruba vs Turkish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Yoruba and Turkish Language Codes

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

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