Countries
Benin, Nigeria
India, Karnataka, India
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Nigeria
Karnataka, India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Goa
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Regulated By
Yoruba Academy
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
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.
- Kannada is the third oldest language after Sanskrit and Tamil of India
- Kannada language is only Indian language which got maximum i.e. 8 GyanaPeetha Awards.
Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages
Telugu
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2949
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1214
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1735
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Kannada Script
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Ẹ n lẹ
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
Thank You
e dupe
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
Good Night
Kasun layọ o
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
Good Evening
ka a ale
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
Good Afternoon
e kaasan
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
Good Morning
e kaaro
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
Please
Jowo
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
Sorry
binu
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
Bye
bye
ಬೈ (Bai)
I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
Dialect 1
Itsekiri
Badaga
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
How Many People Speak
500,000.00540,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Ede
Urali
Where They Speak
Benin, Togo
kerala
How Many People Speak
800,000.006,440.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Ulukwumi
Kurumba
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
10,000.00220,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
2020
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million49.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.42 %0.58 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
28.00 million38.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
30.00 million11.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Yorùbá
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
French Name
yoruba
kannada
German Name
Yoruba-Sprache
Kannada
Pronunciation
[jòɾùbá]
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
Ethnicity
Yoruba people
Kannadiga
Origin
4 BC
c. 450
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Western Sudanic
-
Branch
Kwa
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Kannada, Kannada
Standard Forms
Yorùbá
Modern Kannada
Language Position
4931
1
120
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Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
yo
kn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
yor
kan
ISO 639 2/B
yor
kan
ISO 639 3
yor
kan
ISO 639 6
yor
kan
Glottocode
yoru1245
nucl1305
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
-