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Yoruba and Gujarati


Gujarati and Yoruba


Countries

Countries
Benin, Nigeria  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

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
-  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
47  
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
8  
5

How Many Consonants
17  
7
31  
21

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
18 weeks  
4

Greetings

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)  

Dialects

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
500,000.00  
99+
46,000,000.00  
16

Dialect 2
Ede  
Kharwa  

Where They Speak
Benin, Togo  
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
800,000.00  
99+
56,000,000.00  
13

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi  
Surati  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
-  

How Many People Speak
10,000.00  
99+
56,000,000.00  
13

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
60.00 million  
27

Speaking Population
0.42 %  
34
0.74 %  
25

Native Speakers
28.00 million  
29
50.00 million  
22

Second Language Speakers
30.00 million  
26
55.00 million  
16

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  

History

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
49  
99+
23  
21

Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language  
Signed Gujarati  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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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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.

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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.

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