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Gujarati and Yoruba


Yoruba and Gujarati


Countries

Countries
India  
Benin, Nigeria  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
India  
Nigeria  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia  
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Regulated By
-  
Yoruba Academy  

Interesting Facts
  • Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
  • Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
  
  • 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
Bengali Language  
Owo and Itsekiri languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
47  
27
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
12  
9

How Many Consonants
31  
21
17  
7

Scripts
Devanagari  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
18 weeks  
4
30 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
નમસ્તે (namaste)  
Ẹ n lẹ  

Thank You
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)  
e dupe  

How Are You?
કેમ છો (kem cho?)  
Bawo ni o se wa  

Good Night
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)  
Kasun layọ o  

Good Evening
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)  
ka a ale  

Good Afternoon
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)  
e kaasan  

Good Morning
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)  
e kaaro  

Please
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)  
Jowo  

Sorry
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)  
binu  

Bye
બાય (Bāya)  
bye  

I Love You
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)  
mo nifẹ rẹ  

Excuse Me
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)  
mo tọrọ gafara  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kathiyawadi  
Itsekiri  

Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
46,000,000.00  
16
500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Kharwa  
Ede  

Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Benin, Togo  

How Many People Speak
56,000,000.00  
13
800,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Surati  
Ulukwumi  

Where They Speak
-  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
56,000,000.00  
13
10,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
20  
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million  
27
30.00 million  
36

Speaking Population
0.74 %  
25
0.42 %  
34

Native Speakers
50.00 million  
22
28.00 million  
29

Second Language Speakers
55.00 million  
16
30.00 million  
26

Native Name
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)  
Yorùbá  

Alternative Names
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi  
Yariba, Yooba  

French Name
goudjrati  
yoruba  

German Name
Gujarati-Sprache  
Yoruba-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]  
[jòɾùbá]  

Ethnicity
Gujaratis  
Yoruba people  

History

Origin
15  
4 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Western Sudanic  

Branch
Indic  
Kwa  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Gujarati  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Gujarati  
Yorùbá  

Language Position
23  
21
49  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Gujarati  
Yoruba Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
gu  
yo  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
guj  
yor  

ISO 639 2/B
guj  
yor  

ISO 639 3
guj  
yor  

ISO 639 6
guj  
yor  

Glottocode
guja1252  
yoru1245  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Analytic, Isolating  

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

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Gujarati and Yoruba Speaking population

Gujarati and Yoruba speaking population is one of the factors based on which Gujarati and Yoruba languages can be compared. The total count of Gujarati and Yoruba Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Gujarati language is 0.74 % 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 Gujarati and Yoruba on Gujarati vs Yoruba where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Gujarati and Yoruba Language Codes

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

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