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Yoruba Language



Countries
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Countries
Benin, Nigeria 0

Total No. Of Countries
2 13

National Language
Nigeria 0

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries 0

Speaking Continents
Africa 0

Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America 0

Regulated By
Yoruba Academy 0

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.
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Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages 0

Derived From
Not Available 0

Alphabets
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Alphabets in
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200 0

Alphabets
29 11

Phonology
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How Many Vowels
12 9

How Many Consonants
17 7

Scripts
Latin 0

Writing Direction
Not Available 0

Hard to Learn
0

Language Levels
3 2

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks 9

Greetings
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Hello
Ẹ n lẹ 0

Thank You
e dupe 0

How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa 0

Good Night
Kasun layọ o 0

Good Evening
ka a ale 0

Good Afternoon
e kaasan 0

Good Morning
e kaaro 0

Please
Jowo 0

Sorry
binu 0

Bye
bye 0

I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ 0

Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara 0

Dialects
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Dialect 1
Itsekiri 0

Where They Speak
Nigeria 0

How Many People Speak
500,000.00 34

Dialect 2
Ede 0

Where They Speak
Benin, Togo 0

How Many People Speak
800,000.00 27

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi 0

Where They Speak
Nigeria 0

How Many People Speak
10,000.00 34

Total No. Of Dialects
20 18

How Many People Speak
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How Many People Speak?
30.00 million 36

Speaking Population
0.42 % 32

Native Speakers
28.00 million 29

Second Language Speakers
Not Available 0

Native Name
Yorùbá 0

Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba 0

French Name
yoruba 0

German Name
Yoruba-Sprache 0

Pronunciation
Not Available 0

Ethnicity
Yoruba people 0

History
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Origin
4 BC 0

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family 0

Subgroup
Western Sudanic 0

Branch
Kwa 0

Language Forms
0

Early Forms
No early forms 0

Standard Forms
Yorùbá 0

Language Position
49 36

Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language 0

Scope
Individual 0

Code
0

ISO 639 1
yo 0

ISO 639 2
0

ISO 639 2/T
yor 0

ISO 639 2/B
yor 0

ISO 639 3
yor 0

ISO 639 6
Not Available 0

Glottocode
yoru1245 0

Linguasphere
No data available 0

Types of Language
0

Language Type
Living 0

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object 0

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating 0

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Origin of Yoruba language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Yoruba language is one of the Most Difficult Languages. The origin of Yoruba language states that it was put to use in 4 BC. The history of Yoruba language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Yoruba Language History. Yoruba has no early forms. Yorùbá is the standard form of Yoruba language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Yoruba Language.

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Yoruba population

Yoruba population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Yoruba language. Yoruba language is spoken by 30.00 million people in the world. Most of the Yoruba population lies in the Yoruba Speaking Countries. Yoruba language is spoken as first language by 28.00 million people and no total count of people speaking Yoruba as second language. Get to know Yoruba speaking population in detail.

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Yoruba writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Yoruba writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Yoruba language. Some languages share common writing systems. Latin script is used by Yoruba language. Learn more about . 

Information about Yoruba language

Check out all the information about Yoruba language here. You may find it interesting to learn Yoruba Alphabets or the vowels and consonants of this language. Also knowing about Yoruba Speaking Countries, Yoruba speaking continents and Yoruba Dialects will help in improving your knowledge about this language. Also while travelling to Yoruba countries knowing common Yoruba Greetings will help you in communicating with Yoruba people.

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