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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Benin, Nigeria
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
233
Bhojpuri
0 46
1.3 National Language
Nigeria
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
1.6 Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
South Africa
1.7 Regulated By
Yoruba Academy
Not Available
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.
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
1.9 Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages
Not Available
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Latin
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2926
Irish
18 247
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
125
Hebrew
0 32
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
1721
German
9 60
2.4 Scripts
Latin
Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
37
Bengali
2 12
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks6 weeks
Cebuano
3 88
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Ẹ n lẹ
Hello
3.2 Thank You
e dupe
Thank you
3.3 How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa
How are you?
3.4 Good Night
Kasun layọ o
Good Night
3.5 Good Evening
ka a ale
Good Evening
3.6 Good Afternoon
e kaasan
Good Afternoon
3.7 Good Morning
e kaaro
Good Morning
3.8 Please
Jowo
Please
3.9 Sorry
binu
Sorry
3.10 Bye
bye
Bye
3.11 I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ
I love you
3.12 Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara
Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Itsekiri
American English
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Nigeria
United States of America
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
500,000.00225,000,000.00
Macedonian
1.5 960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Ede
Hiberno-English
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Benin, Togo
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
800,000.004,500,000.00
Dzongkha
700 80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Ulukwumi
Welsh English
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Nigeria
United Kingdom
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
10,000.002,500,000.00
Romanian
1400 96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
20188
Sanskrit
0 188
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
30.00 million1,200.00 million
Abkhaz
0.13 1200
5.2 Speaking Population
0.42 %5.43 %
Xhosa
0.11 89
5.3 Native Speakers
28.00 million400.00 million
Abkhaz
0.13 873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
NA400.00 million
Finnish
0.01 400
5.3.2 Native Name
Yorùbá
English
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba
Not Available
5.3.4 French Name
yoruba
anglais
5.3.5 German Name
Yoruba-Sprache
Englisch
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
5.5 Ethnicity
Yoruba people
Not Available
6 History
6.1 Origin
4 BC
5th Century AD
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Western Sudanic
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
Kwa
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Yorùbá
Standard English
6.3.3 Language Position
493
Chinese
1 120
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language
Signed English
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
yo
en
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
yor
eng
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
yor
eng
7.3 ISO 639 3
yor
eng
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
engs
7.5 Glottocode
yoru1245
stan1293
7.6 Linguasphere
No data available
52-ABA
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
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic

Yoruba vs English Speaking Countries

There are plenty of languages spoken around the world. Every country has its own official language. Compare Yoruba vs English speaking countries, so that you will have total count of countries that speak Yoruba or English language.

  • Yoruba is spoken as a national language in: Nigeria.
  • English is spoken as a national language in: Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America.

You will also get to know the continents where Yoruba and English speaking countries lie. Based on the number of people that speak these languages, the position of Yoruba language is 49 and position of English language is 3. Find all the information about these languages on Yoruba and English.

Yoruba and English Language History

Comparison of Yoruba vs English language history gives us differences between origin of Yoruba and English language. History of Yoruba language states that this language originated in 4 BC whereas history of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century AD. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Yoruba and English Language History.

Yoruba and English Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Yoruba and English greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Yoruba and English language. Yoruba word for "Hello" is Ẹ n lẹ or English word for "Thank You" is Thank you. Find more of such common Yoruba Greetings and English Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Yoruba vs English Difficulty

The Yoruba vs English difficulty level basically depends on the number of Yoruba Alphabets and English Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Yoruba and English are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Yoruba and English, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Yoruba is 30 weeks while to learn English time required is 6 weeks.