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Yoruba and Oriya


Oriya 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  
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.
  
  • The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
  • Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
  

Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages  
Bengali and Assamese  

Derived From
-  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
42  
22

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
11  
8

How Many Consonants
17  
7
31  
21

Scripts
Latin  
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Ẹ n lẹ  
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)  

Thank You
e dupe  
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)  

How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa  
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)  

Good Night
Kasun layọ o  
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)  

Good Evening
ka a ale  
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)  

Good Afternoon
e kaasan  
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)  

Good Morning
e kaaro  
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)  

Please
Jowo  
ଦୟାକରି  

Sorry
binu  
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)  

Bye
bye  
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)  

I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ  
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)  

Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara  
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Itsekiri  
Baleswari  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
India  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
99+
33,800,000.00  
22

Dialect 2
Ede  
Ganjami  

Where They Speak
Benin, Togo  
India  

How Many People Speak
800,000.00  
99+
33,800,000.00  
20

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi  
Kosli  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
India  

How Many People Speak
10,000.00  
99+
520,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
33.00 million  
34

Speaking Population
0.42 %  
34
0.50 %  
31

Native Speakers
28.00 million  
29
33.00 million  
28

Second Language Speakers
30.00 million  
26
35.00 million  
24

Native Name
Yorùbá  
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)  

Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba  
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia  

French Name
yoruba  
oriya  

German Name
Yoruba-Sprache  
Oriya-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[jòɾùbá]  
[ˈoɽia]  

Ethnicity
Yoruba people  
Odias  

History

Origin
4 BC  
3 BC  

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 Odia  

Language Position
49  
99+
32  
30

Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language  
Indian Signing System  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
yo  
or  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
yor  
ori  

ISO 639 2/B
yor  
ori  

ISO 639 3
yor  
ori  

ISO 639 6
yor  
ori  

Glottocode
yoru1245  
macr1269  

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

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Yoruba and Oriya Speaking population

Yoruba and Oriya speaking population is one of the factors based on which Yoruba and Oriya languages can be compared. The total count of Yoruba and Oriya Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Oriya language is 0.50 %. 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 Oriya on Yoruba vs Oriya where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Yoruba and Oriya Language Codes

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

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