Countries
Benin, Nigeria
India
Total No. Of Countries
21
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
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.
- The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
- Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages
Bengali and Assamese
Derived From
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Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2942
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1211
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1731
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Ẹ n lẹ
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
Thank You
e dupe
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
Good Night
Kasun layọ o
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
Good Evening
ka a ale
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
Good Afternoon
e kaasan
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
Good Morning
e kaaro
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
Please
Jowo
ଦୟାକରି
Sorry
binu
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
Bye
bye
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
Dialect 1
Itsekiri
Baleswari
Where They Speak
Nigeria
India
How Many People Speak
500,000.0033,800,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Ede
Ganjami
Where They Speak
Benin, Togo
India
How Many People Speak
800,000.0033,800,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Ulukwumi
Kosli
Where They Speak
Nigeria
India
How Many People Speak
10,000.00520,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
208
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million33.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.42 %0.50 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
28.00 million33.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
30.00 million35.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Yorùbá
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
French Name
yoruba
oriya
German Name
Yoruba-Sprache
Oriya-Sprache
Pronunciation
[jòɾùbá]
[ˈoɽia]
Ethnicity
Yoruba people
Odias
Origin
4 BC
3 BC
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Western Sudanic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Kwa
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Yorùbá
Standard Odia
Language Position
4932
1
120
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Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language
Indian Signing System
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
yo
or
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
yor
ori
ISO 639 2/B
yor
ori
ISO 639 3
yor
ori
ISO 639 6
yor
ori
Glottocode
yoru1245
macr1269
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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