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Sindhi and Yoruba


Yoruba and Sindhi


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan  
Benin, Nigeria  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
India, Pakistan, Sindh  
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
National Council For Promotion Of Sindhi Language, Sindhi Language Authority  
Yoruba Academy  

Interesting Facts
  • The first writings of Sindhi language were found in 8th century CE.
  • In Sindhi language, every woord ends in a vowel.
  
  • 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
Gujarati  
Owo and Itsekiri languages  

Derived From
Prakrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
64  
37
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
12  
9

How Many Consonants
42  
31
17  
7

Scripts
Arabic, Devanagari  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
30 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
Assalam O Alaikum  
Ẹ n lẹ  

Thank You
Meharbani  
e dupe  

How Are You?
Kehra haal aahin  
Bawo ni o se wa  

Good Night
tava kia aayo  
Kasun layọ o  

Good Evening
Sham Jo Salam  
ka a ale  

Good Afternoon
Assalam o Alaikum  
e kaasan  

Good Morning
Subho Bakhair  
e kaaro  

Please
Mehrbani  
Jowo  

Sorry
Moon khe afsos aahe  
binu  

Bye
Allah Wahi  
bye  

I Love You
Man tokhe prem karyan ti  
mo nifẹ rẹ  

Excuse Me
Maaf Kajo  
mo tọrọ gafara  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Siraiki  
Itsekiri  

Where They Speak
Upper Sindh  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
25,000,000.00  
26
500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Vicholi  
Ede  

Where They Speak
Central Sindh  
Benin, Togo  

How Many People Speak
25,000,000.00  
23
800,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Lari  
Ulukwumi  

Where They Speak
Lower Sindh  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
25.00  
99+
10,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
20  
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
29.00 million  
37
30.00 million  
36

Speaking Population
0.39 %  
36
0.42 %  
34

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
28.00 million  
29

Second Language Speakers
25.00 million  
27
30.00 million  
26

Native Name
سنڌي  
Yorùbá  

Alternative Names
Sindhi  
Yariba, Yooba  

French Name
sindhi  
yoruba  

German Name
Sindhi-Sprache  
Yoruba-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[sɪndi]  
[jòɾùbá]  

Ethnicity
Sindhi people  
Yoruba people  

History

Origin
711 A.D  
4 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Western Sudanic  

Branch
Indic  
Kwa  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Sindhi and Middle Sindhi  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Sindhi  
Yorùbá  

Language Position
50  
99+
49  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Sindhi  
Yoruba Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sd  
yo  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
snd  
yor  

ISO 639 2/B
snd  
yor  

ISO 639 3
snd  
yor  

ISO 639 6
snd  
yor  

Glottocode
sind1272  
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 Sindhi 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 Sindhi and Yoruba dialects. Various dialects of Sindhi and Yoruba language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sindhi are spoken in different Sindhi Speaking Countries whereas Yoruba Dialects are spoken in different Yoruba speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sindhi vs Yoruba Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Sindhi dialects include: Siraiki, Vicholi. Yoruba dialects include: Itsekiri , Ede. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Sindhi and Yoruba Speaking population

Sindhi and Yoruba speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sindhi and Yoruba languages can be compared. The total count of Sindhi and Yoruba Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sindhi language is 0.39 % 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 Sindhi and Yoruba on Sindhi vs Yoruba where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Sindhi and Yoruba Language Codes

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

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