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Yoruba and Uyghur


Uyghur and Yoruba


Countries

Countries
Benin, Nigeria   
China   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Nigeria   
China   

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   
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan   

Regulated By
Yoruba Academy   
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region   

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.
  
  • Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
  • Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
  

Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages   
Uzbek Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Gokturk Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
36   
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
9   
6

How Many Consonants
17   
7
27   
17

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Ẹ n lẹ   
Ässalamu läykum.   

Thank You
e dupe   
rakhmat   

How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa   
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?   

Good Night
Kasun layọ o   
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun   

Good Evening
ka a ale   
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!   

Good Afternoon
e kaasan   
Not Available   

Good Morning
e kaaro   
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!   

Please
Jowo   
birdam   

Sorry
binu   
kachurung   

Bye
bye   
Khayr khosh   

I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ   
sizni yahshi kOrman   

Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara   
Kachurung   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Itsekiri   
Turpan   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
China   

How Many People Speak
500,000.00   
34
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Ede   
Hotan   

Where They Speak
Benin, Togo   
China   

How Many People Speak
800,000.00   
27
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi   
Lop Nur   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
China   

How Many People Speak
10,000.00   
34
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
20   
18
7   
7

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.42 %   
32
0.12 %   
99+

Native Speakers
28.00 million   
29
8.20 million   
99+

Native Name
Yorùbá   
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)   

Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba   
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga   

French Name
yoruba   
ouïgour   

German Name
Yoruba-Sprache   
Uigurisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]   

Ethnicity
Yoruba people   
Uyghur   

History

Origin
4 BC   
11   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Turkic Family   

Subgroup
Western Sudanic   
Not Available   

Branch
Kwa   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki   

Standard Forms
Yorùbá   
Uyghur   

Language Position
49   
36
98   
99+

Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
yo   
ug   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
yor   
uig   

ISO 639 2/B
yor   
uig   

ISO 639 3
yor   
uig   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
yoru1245   
uigh1240   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Not Available   

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

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Yoruba and Uyghur Speaking population

Yoruba and Uyghur speaking population is one of the factors based on which Yoruba and Uyghur languages can be compared. The total count of Yoruba and Uyghur Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Uyghur language is 0.12 %. 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 Uyghur on Yoruba vs Uyghur where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Yoruba and Uyghur Language Codes

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

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