Countries
Benin, Nigeria
India
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Nigeria
India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia
Regulated By
Yoruba Academy
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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.
- 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.
Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages
Bengali Language
Derived From
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Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2947
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
128
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1731
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Devanagari
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks18 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Ẹ n lẹ
નમસ્તે (namaste)
Thank You
e dupe
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)
How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa
કેમ છો (kem cho?)
Good Night
Kasun layọ o
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)
Good Evening
ka a ale
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)
Good Afternoon
e kaasan
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)
Good Morning
e kaaro
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)
Please
Jowo
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)
Sorry
binu
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)
Bye
bye
બાય (Bāya)
I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)
Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)
Dialect 1
Itsekiri
Kathiyawadi
Where They Speak
Nigeria
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America
How Many People Speak
500,000.0046,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Ede
Kharwa
Where They Speak
Benin, Togo
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America
How Many People Speak
800,000.0056,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Ulukwumi
Surati
Where They Speak
Nigeria
-
How Many People Speak
10,000.0056,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
208
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million60.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.42 %0.74 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
28.00 million50.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
30.00 million55.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Yorùbá
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)
Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi
French Name
yoruba
goudjrati
German Name
Yoruba-Sprache
Gujarati-Sprache
Pronunciation
[jòɾùbá]
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]
Ethnicity
Yoruba people
Gujaratis
Origin
4 BC
15
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Western Sudanic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Kwa
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Gujarati
Standard Forms
Yorùbá
Modern Gujarati
Language Position
4923
1
120
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Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language
Signed Gujarati
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
yo
gu
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
yor
guj
ISO 639 2/B
yor
guj
ISO 639 3
yor
guj
ISO 639 6
yor
guj
Glottocode
yoru1245
guja1252
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
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