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Yoruba and Vietnamese


Vietnamese and Yoruba


Countries

Countries
Benin, Nigeria   
Vietnam   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Nigeria   
Vietnam   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia   

Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America   
Czech Republic   

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 vocabulary of Vietnamese language is influenced by Chinese Language.
  • The only language in East Asia that uses the Latin alphabet is Vietnamese.
  

Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages   
Chinese Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Chinese Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
37   
19

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
12   
9

How Many Consonants
17   
7
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Ẹ n lẹ   
Xin chào   

Thank You
e dupe   
Cam on   

How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa   
Bạn khỏe không?   

Good Night
Kasun layọ o   
Chúc ngủ ngon   

Good Evening
ka a ale   
Chào buổi tối   

Good Afternoon
e kaasan   
Chào buổi trưa   

Good Morning
e kaaro   
Chào buổi sáng   

Please
Jowo   
xin vui lòng   

Sorry
binu   
Xin lỗi   

Bye
bye   
Tạm biệt   

I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ   
tôi yêu bạn   

Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara   
Xin loi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Itsekiri   
Northern Vietnamese   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac   

How Many People Speak
500,000.00   
34
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Ede   
North-central Vietnamese   

Where They Speak
Benin, Togo   
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa   

How Many People Speak
800,000.00   
27
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi   
Mid-Central Vietnamese   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien   

How Many People Speak
10,000.00   
34
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
20   
18
5   
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million   
36
91.00 million   
16

Speaking Population
0.42 %   
32
1.14 %   
16

Native Speakers
28.00 million   
29
75.00 million   
14

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
16.00 million   
17

Native Name
Yorùbá   
tiếng việt (㗂越)   

Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba   
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet   

French Name
yoruba   
vietnamien   

German Name
Yoruba-Sprache   
Vietnamesisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern) [tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)   

Ethnicity
Yoruba people   
Vietnamese (Kinh) people   

History

Origin
4 BC   
c. 1440   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Austroasiatic Family   

Subgroup
Western Sudanic   
Not Available   

Branch
Kwa   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese   

Standard Forms
Yorùbá   
Standard Vietnamese   

Language Position
49   
36
14   
13

Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language   
Vietnamese sign languages   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
yo   
vi   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
yor   
vie   

ISO 639 2/B
yor   
vie   

ISO 639 3
yor   
vie   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
yoru1245   
viet1252   

Linguasphere
No data available   
46-EBA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Analytic, Isolating   

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

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Yoruba and Vietnamese Speaking population

Yoruba and Vietnamese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Yoruba and Vietnamese languages can be compared. The total count of Yoruba and Vietnamese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Vietnamese language is 1.14 %. 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 Vietnamese on Yoruba vs Vietnamese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Yoruba and Vietnamese Language Codes

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

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