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Yoruba vs Gujarati


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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  
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia  

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.
  
  • Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
  • Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
  

Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages  
Bengali Language  

Derived From
-  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200  
Gujarati-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
29  
11
47  
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
8  
5

How Many Consonants
17  
7
31  
21

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
18 weeks  
4

Greetings

Hello
Ẹ n lẹ  
નમસ્તે (namaste)  

Thank You
e dupe  
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)  

How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa  
કેમ છો (kem cho?)  

Good Night
Kasun layọ o  
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)  

Good Evening
ka a ale  
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)  

Good Afternoon
e kaasan  
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)  

Good Morning
e kaaro  
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)  

Please
Jowo  
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)  

Sorry
binu  
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)  

Bye
bye  
બાય (Bāya)  

I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ  
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)  

Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara  
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Itsekiri  
Kathiyawadi  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
99+
46,000,000.00  
16

Dialect 2
Ede  
Kharwa  

Where They Speak
Benin, Togo  
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
800,000.00  
99+
56,000,000.00  
13

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi  
Surati  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
-  

How Many People Speak
10,000.00  
99+
56,000,000.00  
13

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
60.00 million  
27

Speaking Population
0.42 %  
34
0.74 %  
25

Native Speakers
28.00 million  
29
50.00 million  
22

Second Language Speakers
30.00 million  
26
55.00 million  
16

Native Name
Yorùbá  
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)  

Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba  
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi  

French Name
yoruba  
goudjrati  

German Name
Yoruba-Sprache  
Gujarati-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[jòɾùbá]  
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]  

Ethnicity
Yoruba people  
Gujaratis  

History

Origin
4 BC  
15  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Western Sudanic  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Kwa  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Gujarati  

Standard Forms
Yorùbá  
Modern Gujarati  

Language Position
49  
99+
23  
21

Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language  
Signed Gujarati  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
yo  
gu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
yor  
guj  

ISO 639 2/B
yor  
guj  

ISO 639 3
yor  
guj  

ISO 639 6
yor  
guj  

Glottocode
yoru1245  
guja1252  

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  
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Yoruba and Gujarati Language History

Comparison of Yoruba vs Gujarati language history gives us differences between origin of Yoruba and Gujarati language. History of Yoruba language states that this language originated in 4 BC whereas history of Gujarati language states that this language originated in 15. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Yoruba and Gujarati Language History.

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Yoruba and Gujarati Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Yoruba and Gujarati greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Yoruba and Gujarati language. Yoruba word for "Hello" is Ẹ n lẹ or Gujarati word for "Thank You" is ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad). Find more of such common Yoruba Greetings and Gujarati Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Yoruba vs Gujarati Difficulty

The Yoruba vs Gujarati difficulty level basically depends on the number of Yoruba Alphabets and Gujarati Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Yoruba and Gujarati are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Yoruba and Gujarati, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Yoruba is 30 weeks while to learn Gujarati time required is 18 weeks.

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