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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Benin, Nigeria
South Africa
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
21
About Bhojpuri Language
0 46
1.3 National Language
Nigeria
South Africa
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa
1.6 Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Yoruba Academy
Pan South African Language Board
1.8 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 meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
  • Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.
1.9 Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages
Xhosa Language
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2957
About Irish Language
18 247
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
127
About Hebrew Language
0 32
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
1750
About German Language
9 60
2.4 Scripts
Latin
Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
33
About Bengali Language
2 12
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks44 weeks
About Cebuano Language
3 88
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Ẹ n lẹ
Sawubona
3.2 Thank You
e dupe
Ngiyabonga
3.3 How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa
unjani
3.4 Good Night
Kasun layọ o
okuhle ebusuku
3.5 Good Evening
ka a ale
okuhle kusihlwa
3.6 Good Afternoon
e kaasan
okuhle ntambama
3.7 Good Morning
e kaaro
okuhle ekuseni
3.8 Please
Jowo
Ngiyacela
3.9 Sorry
binu
Ngiyaxolisa
3.10 Bye
bye
bye
3.11 I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ
Ngiyakuthanda wena
3.12 Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara
Uxolo
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Itsekiri
Qwabe
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Nigeria
Gabon, South Africa
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
500,000.00NA
About Macedonian Language
1.5 960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Ede
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Benin, Togo
Georgia, South Africa
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
800,000.00NA
About Dzongkha Language
700 80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Ulukwumi
Ndebele
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Nigeria
Zimbabwe
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
10,000.00NA
About Romanian Language
1400 96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
204
About Sanskrit Language
0 188
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
30.00 million30.00 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 1200
5.2 Speaking Population
0.42 %0.16 %
About Xhosa Language
0.11 89
5.3 Native Speakers
28.00 million12.00 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
NA16.00 million
About Finnish Language
0.01 400
5.3.2 Native Name
Yorùbá
isiZulu
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba
Isizulu, Zunda
5.3.4 French Name
yoruba
zoulou
5.3.5 German Name
Yoruba-Sprache
Zulu-Sprache
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Yoruba people
Zulu people
6 History
6.1 Origin
4 BC
19
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Niger-Congo Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Western Sudanic
Benue-Congo
6.2.2 Branch
Kwa
Beatu
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
urban Zulu
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Yorùbá
Deep Zulu
6.3.3 Language Position
4987
About Chinese Language
1 120
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language
Not Available
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
yo
zu
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
yor
zul
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
yor
zul
7.3 ISO 639 3
yor
zul
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
yoru1245
zulu1248
7.6 Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUT-fg
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Not Available

Yoruba and Zulu Alphabets

Yoruba and Zulu Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Yoruba and Zulu. In Yoruba Alphabets there are 29 letters while in Zulu Alphabets there are 57 letters. To learn Yoruba and Zulu languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Yoruba and Zulu languages. The Yoruba phonology consist Yoruba vowels and Yoruba consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Yoruba greetings vs Zulu greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Yoruba and Zulu are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Yoruba and Zulu Speaking population

Yoruba and Zulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Yoruba and Zulu languages can be compared. The total count of Yoruba and Zulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 %. 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 Zulu on Yoruba vs Zulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Yoruba and Zulu Language Codes

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