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
Pakistan
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
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.
- Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
- Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages
Hindi Language
Derived From
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Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2953
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
129
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1741
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
34
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks6 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Ẹ n lẹ
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
Thank You
e dupe
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
Good Night
Kasun layọ o
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
Good Evening
ka a ale
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Good Afternoon
e kaasan
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
Good Morning
e kaaro
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Please
Jowo
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
Sorry
binu
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
Bye
bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
Dialect 1
Itsekiri
Pothohari
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Pakistan
How Many People Speak
500,000.002,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Ede
Saraiki
Where They Speak
Benin, Togo
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
800,000.0020,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Ulukwumi
Doabi
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Pakistan, Punjab, India
How Many People Speak
10,000.00130,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
2030
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million154.30 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.42 %1.44 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
28.00 million100.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
30.00 million54.30 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Yorùbá
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
French Name
yoruba
pendjabi
German Name
Yoruba-Sprache
Pandschabi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[jòɾùbá]
Not Availble
Ethnicity
Yoruba people
Punjabis
Origin
4 BC
1000 AD
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Western Sudanic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Kwa
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
Standard Forms
Yorùbá
Modern Punjabi
Language Position
4923
1
120
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Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
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ISO 639 1
yo
pa
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
yor
pan
ISO 639 2/B
yor
pan
ISO 639 3
yor
pan
ISO 639 6
yor
panj
Glottocode
yoru1245
panj1256
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
-
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Fusional