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Hindi and Yoruba


Yoruba and Hindi


Countries

Countries
Fiji, India  
Benin, Nigeria  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
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, Oceania  
Africa  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Regulated By
Central Hindi Directorate  
Yoruba Academy  

Interesting Facts
  • In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
  • In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
  
  • 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
Urdu  
Owo and Itsekiri languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44  
24
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
12  
9

How Many Consonants
33  
23
17  
7

Scripts
Devanagari  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
30 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (Namastē)  
Ẹ n lẹ  

Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)  
e dupe  

How Are You?
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)  
Bawo ni o se wa  

Good Night
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)  
Kasun layọ o  

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)  
ka a ale  

Good Afternoon
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)  
e kaasan  

Good Morning
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)  
e kaaro  

Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)  
Jowo  

Sorry
खेद (Khēda)  
binu  

Bye
अलविदा (Alavidā)  
bye  

I Love You
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)  
mo nifẹ rẹ  

Excuse Me
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)  
mo tọrọ gafara  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Khariboli  
Itsekiri  

Where They Speak
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
240,000,000.00  
3
500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Marwari  
Ede  

Where They Speak
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh  
Benin, Togo  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
24
800,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Bundeli  
Ulukwumi  

Where They Speak
Bundelkhand  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
24
10,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
20  
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
380.00 million  
5
30.00 million  
36

Speaking Population
4.70 %  
5
0.42 %  
34

Native Speakers
260.00 million  
4
28.00 million  
29

Second Language Speakers
120.00 million  
6
30.00 million  
26

Native Name
हिन्दी  
Yorùbá  

Alternative Names
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli  
Yariba, Yooba  

French Name
hindi  
yoruba  

German Name
Hindi  
Yoruba-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]  
[jòɾùbá]  

Ethnicity
Hindustani people  
Yoruba people  

History

Origin
7th Century  
4 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Western Sudanic  

Branch
Indic  
Kwa  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Hindi  
Yorùbá  

Language Position
5  
5
49  
99+

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System  
Yoruba Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
hi  
yo  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hin  
yor  

ISO 639 2/B
hin  
yor  

ISO 639 3
hin  
yor  

ISO 639 6
hins  
yor  

Glottocode
hind1269  
yoru1245  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-qf  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Analytic, Isolating  

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

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Hindi and Yoruba Speaking population

Hindi and Yoruba speaking population is one of the factors based on which Hindi and Yoruba languages can be compared. The total count of Hindi and Yoruba Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Hindi language is 4.70 % 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 Hindi and Yoruba on Hindi vs Yoruba where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Hindi and Yoruba Language Codes

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

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