Countries
Benin, Nigeria
India, No official status
Total No. Of Countries
20
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
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
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.
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages
Maithili and Magahi
Derived From
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Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2943
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1211
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1734
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Devanagari
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
34
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Ẹ n lẹ
प्रणाम (prannam)
Thank You
e dupe
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
Good Night
Kasun layọ o
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Evening
ka a ale
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Afternoon
e kaasan
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Morning
e kaaro
राम राम (raam raam)
Please
Jowo
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
Sorry
binu
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Bye
bye
प्रणाम (prannam)
I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Dialect 1
Itsekiri
Caribbean Hindustani
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
How Many People Speak
500,000.0016,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Ede
Fiji Hindi
Where They Speak
Benin, Togo
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
How Many People Speak
800,000.00380,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Ulukwumi
Tharu Bhojpuri
Where They Speak
Nigeria
India
How Many People Speak
10,000.0038,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
2013
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million40.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.42 %0.43 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
28.00 million40.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
30.00 million38.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Yorùbá
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
French Name
yoruba
bhojpuri
German Name
Yoruba-Sprache
Bhojpuri
Pronunciation
[jòɾùbá]
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
Ethnicity
Yoruba people
Bhojpuri speakers
Origin
4 BC
19th Century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Western Sudanic
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Branch
Kwa
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Yorùbá
Bhojpuri
Language Position
4937
1
120
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Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language
Bhojpuri Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
yo
No data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
yor
bho
ISO 639 2/B
yor
bho
ISO 639 3
yor
bho
ISO 639 6
yor
bho
Glottocode
yoru1245
bhoj1246
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
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