Countries
Benin, Nigeria
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
Total No. Of Countries
24
0
46
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National Language
Nigeria
Andra Pradesh, India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Karnataka
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
Regulated By
Yoruba Academy
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
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.
- Telugu is the only language in the Eastern world that has every single word that ends with a vowel sound. Telugu language is called "Italian of the East".
- Telugu is one of the oldest language in India which is 2,400 years old.
Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages
Tamil
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2960
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1219
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1741
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Telugu Script
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Ẹ n lẹ
హలో (Halō)
Thank You
e dupe
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
Good Night
Kasun layọ o
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
Good Evening
ka a ale
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
Good Afternoon
e kaasan
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
Good Morning
e kaaro
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
Please
Jowo
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
Sorry
binu
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
Bye
bye
బై (Bai)
I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
Dialect 1
Itsekiri
Waddar
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
How Many People Speak
500,000.00170,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Ede
Chenchu
Where They Speak
Benin, Togo
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
How Many People Speak
800,000.0026,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Ulukwumi
Manna-Dora
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
10,000.0030,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
2038
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million80.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.42 %1.15 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
28.00 million75.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
30.00 million5.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Yorùbá
తెలుగు (telugu)
Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
French Name
yoruba
télougou
German Name
Yoruba-Sprache
Telugu-Sprache
Pronunciation
[jòɾùbá]
[ˈteluɡu]
Ethnicity
Yoruba people
Telugu people
Origin
4 BC
c. 575
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Western Sudanic
-
Branch
Kwa
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
Standard Forms
Yorùbá
Telugu
Language Position
4915
1
120
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Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language
Signed Telugu
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
yo
te
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
yor
tel
ISO 639 2/B
yor
tel
ISO 639 3
yor
tel
ISO 639 6
yor
tel
Glottocode
yoru1245
telu1262
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
-