Countries
Benin, Nigeria
India, Manipur
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Nigeria
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast 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
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
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.
- Meithei Language is currently classified as a vulnerable language by UNESCO.
- The oldest document in Methei language was dated back in 8th century were inscriptions on the copper plate.
Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2927
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
126
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1715
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Bengali
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Ẹ n lẹ
Khurumjari
Thank You
e dupe
Yamna nungaijare
How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
Good Night
Kasun layọ o
Athengba Ahing
Good Evening
ka a ale
মানিপুরি
Good Afternoon
e kaasan
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
Good Morning
e kaaro
Nongale haugatl
Please
Jowo
Chanbiduna
Sorry
binu
Saobiganu
Bye
bye
Chatcharage
I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ
Eina nangbu nungsi
Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara
দুঃখিত
Dialect 1
Itsekiri
Loi
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Burma, Laos
How Many People Speak
500,000.005,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Ede
Pangal
Where They Speak
Benin, Togo
Bangladesh, India
How Many People Speak
800,000.00273,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Ulukwumi
Meithei proper
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
How Many People Speak
10,000.001,250,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
206
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million1.50 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.42 %0.01 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
28.00 million1.50 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
30.00 million1.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Yorùbá
মৈইতৈইলোন
Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
French Name
yoruba
Meithei
German Name
Yoruba-Sprache
Meithei
Pronunciation
[jòɾùbá]
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
Ethnicity
Yoruba people
Meithei people
Origin
4 BC
1700
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Western Sudanic
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
Kwa
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Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Yorùbá
Standard Meithei
Language Position
4938
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language
Meithei Sign Language
Scope
Individual
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ISO 639 1
yo
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
yor
mni
ISO 639 2/B
yor
mni
ISO 639 3
yor
mni
ISO 639 6
yor
mni
Glottocode
yoru1245
mani1292
Linguasphere
No data available
omp
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
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Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
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