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Yoruba and Marathi


Marathi and Yoruba


Countries

Countries
Benin, Nigeria  
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
4  
11

National Language
Nigeria  
India  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Israel, Mauritius  

Regulated By
Yoruba Academy  
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad  

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.
  
  • Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
  • Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
  

Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages  
Konkani Language  

Derived From
-  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
16  
13

How Many Consonants
17  
7
36  
26

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
4 weeks  
2

Greetings

Hello
Ẹ n lẹ  
हॅलो (Hĕlō)  

Thank You
e dupe  
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)  

How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa  
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)  

Good Night
Kasun layọ o  
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)  

Good Evening
ka a ale  
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)  

Good Afternoon
e kaasan  
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)  

Good Morning
e kaaro  
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)  

Please
Jowo  
कृपया (Kr̥payā)  

Sorry
binu  
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)  

Bye
bye  
बाय (Bāya)  

I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ  
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)  

Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara  
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Itsekiri  
Maharashtrian Konkani  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Kokan  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
99+
2,400,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Ede  
Varhadi  

Where They Speak
Benin, Togo  
Vidarbha  

How Many People Speak
800,000.00  
99+
7,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi  
Khandeshi  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Khandesh  

How Many People Speak
10,000.00  
99+
1,900,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
42  
29

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
71.00 million  
25

Speaking Population
0.42 %  
34
1.10 %  
19

Native Speakers
28.00 million  
29
68.00 million  
16

Second Language Speakers
30.00 million  
26
3.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Yorùbá  
मराठी (marāṭhī)  

Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba  
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu  

French Name
yoruba  
marathe  

German Name
Yoruba-Sprache  
Marathi  

Pronunciation
[jòɾùbá]  
[məˈɾaʈʰi]  

Ethnicity
Yoruba people  
Marathi people  

History

Origin
4 BC  
10th century  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Western Sudanic  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Kwa  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Maharashtri Prakrit  

Standard Forms
Yorùbá  
Marathi  

Language Position
49  
99+
17  
15

Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
yo  
mr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
yor  
mar  

ISO 639 2/B
yor  
mar  

ISO 639 3
yor  
mar  

ISO 639 6
yor  
mar  

Glottocode
yoru1245  
mara1378  

Linguasphere
No data available  
omr  

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

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Yoruba and Marathi Speaking population

Yoruba and Marathi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Yoruba and Marathi languages can be compared. The total count of Yoruba and Marathi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Marathi language is 1.10 %. 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 Marathi on Yoruba vs Marathi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Yoruba and Marathi Language Codes

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

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