Countries
India
Benin, Nigeria
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
👆🏻
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
Regulated By
-
Yoruba Academy
Interesting Facts
- The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
- Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
- 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 and Assamese
Owo and Itsekiri languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4229
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1112
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3117
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks30 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
Ẹ n lẹ
Thank You
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
e dupe
How Are You?
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
Bawo ni o se wa
Good Night
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
Kasun layọ o
Good Evening
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
ka a ale
Good Afternoon
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
e kaasan
Good Morning
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
e kaaro
Please
ଦୟାକରି
Jowo
Sorry
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
binu
Bye
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
bye
I Love You
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
mo nifẹ rẹ
Excuse Me
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
mo tọrọ gafara
Dialect 1
Baleswari
Itsekiri
Where They Speak
India
Nigeria
How Many People Speak
33,800,000.00500,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Ganjami
Ede
Where They Speak
India
Benin, Togo
How Many People Speak
33,800,000.00800,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Kosli
Ulukwumi
Where They Speak
India
Nigeria
How Many People Speak
520,000.0010,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
820
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
33.00 million30.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.50 %0.42 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
33.00 million28.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
35.00 million30.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
Yorùbá
Alternative Names
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
Yariba, Yooba
French Name
oriya
yoruba
German Name
Oriya-Sprache
Yoruba-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈoɽia]
[jòɾùbá]
Ethnicity
Odias
Yoruba people
Origin
3 BC
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 Odia
Yorùbá
Language Position
3249
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
Yoruba Sign Language
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
or
yo
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ori
yor
ISO 639 2/B
ori
yor
ISO 639 3
ori
yor
ISO 639 6
ori
yor
Glottocode
macr1269
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
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Analytic, Isolating