Countries
Benin, Nigeria
India
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
NA
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
Not Available
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
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)
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
Not Available
Where They Speak
Benin, Togo
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Ulukwumi
Not Available
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
Yorùbá
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)
Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi
French Name
yoruba
goudjrati
German Name
Yoruba-Sprache
Gujarati-Sprache
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]
Ethnicity
Yoruba people
Gujaratis
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Western Sudanic
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Gujarati
Standard Forms
Yorùbá
Modern Gujarati
Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
yoru1245
guja1252
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Not Available
All Yoruba and Gujarati 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 Gujarati dialects. Various dialects of Yoruba and Gujarati language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Yoruba are spoken in different Yoruba Speaking Countries whereas Gujarati Dialects are spoken in different Gujarati speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Yoruba vs Gujarati Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Yoruba dialects include: Itsekiri, Ede. Gujarati dialects include: Kathiyawadi , Kharwa. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Yoruba and Gujarati Speaking population
Yoruba and Gujarati speaking population is one of the factors based on which Yoruba and Gujarati languages can be compared. The total count of Yoruba and Gujarati Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Gujarati language is 0.74 %. 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 Gujarati on Yoruba vs Gujarati where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Yoruba and Gujarati Language Codes
Yoruba and Gujarati language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Yoruba and Gujarati Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.