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Bengali
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Countries

Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries

24
0 46
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National Language

Nigeria
Bangladesh, India

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
India

Speaking Continents

Africa
Asia

Minority Language

Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
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

Regulated By

Yoruba Academy
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi

Interesting Facts

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

Similar To

Owo and Itsekiri languages
Assamese and Oriya

Derived From

-
Sanskrit Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2951
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

1211
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1740
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives

Writing Direction

-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

32
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

30 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Ẹ n lẹ
হ্যালো (Hyālō)

Thank You

e dupe
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)

How Are You?

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

Good Night

Kasun layọ o
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)

Good Evening

ka a ale
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)

Good Afternoon

e kaasan
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)

Good Morning

e kaaro
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)

Please

Jowo
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)

Sorry

binu
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)

Bye

bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)

I Love You

mo nifẹ rẹ
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)

Excuse Me

mo tọrọ gafara
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Itsekiri
Chakma

Where They Speak

Nigeria
Bangladesh, Burma, India

How Many People Speak

500,000.00330,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Ede
Hajong

Where They Speak

Benin, Togo
Bangladesh, India

How Many People Speak

800,000.0071,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Ulukwumi
Rarhi

Where They Speak

Nigeria
India

How Many People Speak

10,000.00230,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

2025
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

30.00 million215.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.42 %3.11 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

28.00 million196.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

30.00 million19.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Yorùbá
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)

Alternative Names

Yariba, Yooba
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa

French Name

yoruba
bengali

German Name

Yoruba-Sprache
Bengali

Pronunciation

[jòɾùbá]
[ˈbeŋɡali]

Ethnicity

Yoruba people
Bengalis (Bengali people)

History

Origin

4 BC
1000–1200 CE

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Western Sudanic
Indo-Iranian

Branch

Kwa
Indic

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali

Standard Forms

Yorùbá
Bengali

Language Position

494
1 120
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Signed Forms

Yoruba Sign Language
Signed Bengali

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

yo
bn

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

yor
ben

ISO 639 2/B

yor
ben

ISO 639 3

yor
ben

ISO 639 6

yor
ben

Glottocode

yoru1245
beng1280

Linguasphere

No data available
59-AAF-u

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
-

Language Morphological Typology

Analytic, Isolating
-

Yoruba and Bengali Alphabets

Yoruba and Bengali Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Yoruba and Bengali. In Yoruba Alphabets there are 29 letters while in Bengali Alphabets there are 51 letters. To learn Yoruba and Bengali languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Yoruba and Bengali languages. The Yoruba phonology consist Yoruba vowels and Yoruba consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Yoruba greetings vs Bengali greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Yoruba and Bengali are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Yoruba and Bengali Speaking population

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

Yoruba and Bengali Language Codes

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