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Bengali and Yoruba


Yoruba and Bengali


Countries

Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone  
Benin, Nigeria  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
2  
13

National Language
Bangladesh, India  
Nigeria  

Second Language
India  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi  
Yoruba Academy  

Interesting Facts
  • Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
  • 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Assamese and Oriya  
Owo and Itsekiri languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
51  
30
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
12  
9

How Many Consonants
40  
29
17  
7

Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
30 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)  
Ẹ n lẹ  

Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)  
e dupe  

How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)  
Bawo ni o se wa  

Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)  
Kasun layọ o  

Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)  
ka a ale  

Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)  
e kaasan  

Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)  
e kaaro  

Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)  
Jowo  

Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)  
binu  

Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)  
bye  

I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)  
mo nifẹ rẹ  

Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)  
mo tọrọ gafara  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakma  
Itsekiri  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
330,000.00  
99+
500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Hajong  
Ede  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India  
Benin, Togo  

How Many People Speak
71,000.00  
99+
800,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Rarhi  
Ulukwumi  

Where They Speak
India  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
230,000,000.00  
1
10,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
20  
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
215.00 million  
9
30.00 million  
36

Speaking Population
3.11 %  
8
0.42 %  
34

Native Speakers
196.00 million  
7
28.00 million  
29

Second Language Speakers
19.00 million  
31
30.00 million  
26

Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)  
Yorùbá  

Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa  
Yariba, Yooba  

French Name
bengali  
yoruba  

German Name
Bengali  
Yoruba-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ˈbeŋɡali]  
[jòɾùbá]  

Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)  
Yoruba people  

History

Origin
1000–1200 CE  
4 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Western Sudanic  

Branch
Indic  
Kwa  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Bengali  
Yorùbá  

Language Position
4  
4
49  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Bengali  
Yoruba Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
bn  
yo  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ben  
yor  

ISO 639 2/B
ben  
yor  

ISO 639 3
ben  
yor  

ISO 639 6
ben  
yor  

Glottocode
beng1280  
yoru1245  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-u  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Analytic, Isolating  

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

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Bengali and Yoruba Speaking population

Bengali and Yoruba speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bengali and Yoruba languages can be compared. The total count of Bengali and Yoruba Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bengali language is 3.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 %. 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 Bengali and Yoruba on Bengali vs Yoruba where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bengali and Yoruba Language Codes

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

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