Countries
Benin, Nigeria
India, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
Nigeria
India, Pakistan
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
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.
- Kashmiri is the only Daridc language with literature which was originated more than seven hundred and fifty years ago.
- Kashmiri has thousands of loan words from Persian and Arabic Languages.
Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages
Hindi and Urdu Languages
Derived From
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Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2944
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1217
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1727
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script
Writing Direction
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Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Ẹ n lẹ
Assalām ‘alaikum
Thank You
e dupe
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)
How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)
Good Night
Kasun layọ o
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)
Good Evening
ka a ale
سہا مسا
Good Afternoon
e kaasan
Hach t'ochoktiya
Good Morning
e kaaro
Hach ch'i
Please
Jowo
مهربانی کر
Sorry
binu
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)
Bye
bye
Khuda hāfiz
I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ
be chus che seth mohabat karaan
Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)
Dialect 1
Itsekiri
Kashtawari
Where They Speak
Nigeria
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India
How Many People Speak
500,000.006,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Ede
Poguli
Where They Speak
Benin, Togo
Pogul and Paristan valleys
How Many People Speak
800,000.006,100,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Ulukwumi
Rambani
Where They Speak
Nigeria
India
How Many People Speak
10,000.005,600,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
204
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million5.60 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.42 %0.05 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
28.00 million5.42 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
30.00 million5.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Yorùbá
कॉशुर / كٲشُر
Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur
French Name
yoruba
kashmiri
German Name
Yoruba-Sprache
Kaschmiri
Pronunciation
[jòɾùbá]
[kəːʃur]
Ethnicity
Yoruba people
Kashmiris or koshur
Origin
4 BC
12th 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
Kashmiri
Language Position
4923
1
120
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Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
yo
ks
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
yor
kas
ISO 639 2/B
yor
kas
ISO 639 3
yor
kas
ISO 639 6
yor
kas
Glottocode
yoru1245
kash1277
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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