Countries
Benin, Nigeria
India
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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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.
- Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
- Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages
Old German Language
Derived From
-
Prakrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2952
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1216
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1736
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Devanagari
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks20 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Ẹ n lẹ
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
Thank You
e dupe
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
Good Night
Kasun layọ o
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
Good Evening
ka a ale
शुभः सायंकालः
Good Afternoon
e kaasan
शुभ दुपार
Good Morning
e kaaro
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
Please
Jowo
कृपया (kripayā)
Sorry
binu
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
Bye
bye
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
Dialect 1
Itsekiri
Not present
Where They Speak
Nigeria
-
How Many People Speak
500,000.00140,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Ede
Not present
Where They Speak
Benin, Togo
-
How Many People Speak
800,000.00140,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Ulukwumi
Not present
Where They Speak
Nigeria
-
How Many People Speak
10,000.00140,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
200
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million14.10 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.42 %0.01 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
28.00 million14.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
30.00 million-
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Yorùbá
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba
Saṃskṛtam, Sanskritam
French Name
yoruba
sanskrit
German Name
Yoruba-Sprache
Sanskrit
Pronunciation
[jòɾùbá]
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
Ethnicity
Yoruba people
Sanskrit speakers
Origin
4 BC
2000 B.C.
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Western Sudanic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Kwa
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Vedic Sanskrit
Standard Forms
Yorùbá
Sanskrit
Language Position
4923
1
120
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Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language
-
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
yo
sa
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
yor
san
ISO 639 2/B
yor
san
ISO 639 3
yor
san
ISO 639 6
yor
san
Glottocode
yoru1245
sans1269
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Ancient
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Synthetic