Countries
Benin, Nigeria
  
Wales
  
National Language
Nigeria
  
Wales
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Argentina, United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Yoruba Academy
  
Welsh Language Commissioner
  
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.
  
- One of the Celtic language still spoken with great numbers of speakers is Welsh language.
- Welsh was evolved from British , which was spoken by ancient Britons.
  
Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages
  
English Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
British Language
  
Alphabets in
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Welsh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Ẹ n lẹ
  
Helô
  
Thank You
e dupe
  
Diolch
  
How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa
  
Sut ydych chi?
  
Good Night
Kasun layọ o
  
Nos da
  
Good Evening
ka a ale
  
Noswaith dda
  
Good Afternoon
e kaasan
  
P'nawn da
  
Good Morning
e kaaro
  
Bore da
  
Please
Jowo
  
os gwelwch yn dda
  
Sorry
binu
  
Mae'n ddrwg gennym
  
Bye
bye
  
Hwyl
  
I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ
  
Dw i'n dy garu di
  
Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara
  
Esgusodwch fi
  
Dialect 1
Itsekiri
  
Patagonian Welsh
  
Where They Speak
Nigeria
  
Argentina
  
Dialect 2
Ede
  
Y Wyndodeg
  
Where They Speak
Benin, Togo
  
Gwynedd
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Ulukwumi
  
Y Bowyseg
  
Where They Speak
Nigeria
  
Powys
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million
  
36
7.40 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
28.00 million
  
29
7.40 million
  
99+
Native Name
Yorùbá
  
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg
  
Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba
  
Cymraeg
  
French Name
yoruba
  
gallois
  
German Name
Yoruba-Sprache
  
Kymrisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]
  
Ethnicity
Yoruba people
  
Welsh people
  
Origin
4 BC
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Western Sudanic
  
Celtic
  
Branch
Kwa
  
Brythonic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh
  
Standard Forms
Yorùbá
  
Welsh
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
yo
  
cy
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
yor
  
cym
  
ISO 639 2/B
yor
  
wel
  
ISO 639 3
yor
  
cym
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
yoru1245
  
wels1247
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
50-ABA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Historical
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Fusional
  
All Yoruba and Welsh 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 Welsh dialects. Various dialects of Yoruba and Welsh language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Yoruba are spoken in different Yoruba Speaking Countries whereas Welsh Dialects are spoken in different Welsh speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Yoruba vs Welsh Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Yoruba dialects include: Itsekiri, Ede. Welsh dialects include: Patagonian Welsh , Y Wyndodeg. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Yoruba and Welsh Speaking population
Yoruba and Welsh speaking population is one of the factors based on which Yoruba and Welsh languages can be compared. The total count of Yoruba and Welsh Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Welsh language is Not Available. 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 Welsh on Yoruba vs Welsh where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Yoruba and Welsh Language Codes
Yoruba and Welsh language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Yoruba and Welsh Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.