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Yoruba and Sanskrit


Sanskrit 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  
-  

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

Alphabets in
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200  
Sanskrit-Alphabets.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
20 weeks  
5

Greetings

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)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Itsekiri  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
-  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
99+
140,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Ede  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Benin, Togo  
-  

How Many People Speak
800,000.00  
99+
140,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
-  

How Many People Speak
10,000.00  
99+
140,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
0  

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
14.10 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.42 %  
34
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
28.00 million  
29
14.10 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
30.00 million  
26
-  

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  

History

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
49  
99+
23  
21

Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language  
-  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  

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

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Yoruba and Sanskrit Speaking population

Yoruba and Sanskrit speaking population is one of the factors based on which Yoruba and Sanskrit languages can be compared. The total count of Yoruba and Sanskrit Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Sanskrit language is 0.01 %. 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 Sanskrit on Yoruba vs Sanskrit where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Yoruba and Sanskrit Language Codes

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

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