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Yoruba and Hindi


Hindi and Yoruba


Countries

Countries
Benin, Nigeria  
Fiji, India  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Nigeria  
India  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia, Oceania  

Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Yoruba Academy  
Central Hindi Directorate  

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.
  
  • In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
  • In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
  

Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages  
Urdu  

Derived From
-  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
11  
8

How Many Consonants
17  
7
33  
23

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Ẹ n lẹ  
नमस्ते (Namastē)  

Thank You
e dupe  
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)  

How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa  
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)  

Good Night
Kasun layọ o  
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)  

Good Evening
ka a ale  
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)  

Good Afternoon
e kaasan  
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)  

Good Morning
e kaaro  
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)  

Please
Jowo  
कृपया (Kr̥payā)  

Sorry
binu  
खेद (Khēda)  

Bye
bye  
अलविदा (Alavidā)  

I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ  
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)  

Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara  
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Itsekiri  
Khariboli  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
99+
240,000,000.00  
3

Dialect 2
Ede  
Marwari  

Where They Speak
Benin, Togo  
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh  

How Many People Speak
800,000.00  
99+
22,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi  
Bundeli  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Bundelkhand  

How Many People Speak
10,000.00  
99+
20,000,000.00  
24

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
21  
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
380.00 million  
5

Speaking Population
0.42 %  
34
4.70 %  
5

Native Speakers
28.00 million  
29
260.00 million  
4

Second Language Speakers
30.00 million  
26
120.00 million  
6

Native Name
Yorùbá  
हिन्दी  

Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba  
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli  

French Name
yoruba  
hindi  

German Name
Yoruba-Sprache  
Hindi  

Pronunciation
[jòɾùbá]  
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]  

Ethnicity
Yoruba people  
Hindustani people  

History

Origin
4 BC  
7th Century  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Western Sudanic  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Kwa  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Yorùbá  
Standard Hindi  

Language Position
49  
99+
5  
5

Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language  
Indian Signing System  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
yo  
hi  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
yor  
hin  

ISO 639 2/B
yor  
hin  

ISO 639 3
yor  
hin  

ISO 639 6
yor  
hins  

Glottocode
yoru1245  
hind1269  

Linguasphere
No data available  
59-AAF-qf  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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

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Yoruba and Hindi Speaking population

Yoruba and Hindi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Yoruba and Hindi languages can be compared. The total count of Yoruba and Hindi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Hindi language is 4.70 %. 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 Hindi on Yoruba vs Hindi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Yoruba and Hindi Language Codes

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

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