Countries
India
  
Benin, Nigeria
  
National Language
India
  
Nigeria
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia
  
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Regulated By
NA
  
Yoruba Academy
  
Interesting Facts
- 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.
  
- 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.
  
Similar To
Bengali Language
  
Owo and Itsekiri languages
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Gujarati-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Hello
નમસ્તે (namaste)
  
Ẹ n lẹ
  
Thank You
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)
  
e dupe
  
How Are You?
કેમ છો (kem cho?)
  
Bawo ni o se wa
  
Good Night
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)
  
Kasun layọ o
  
Good Evening
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)
  
ka a ale
  
Good Afternoon
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)
  
e kaasan
  
Good Morning
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)
  
e kaaro
  
Please
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)
  
Jowo
  
Sorry
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)
  
binu
  
Bye
બાય (Bāya)
  
bye
  
I Love You
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)
  
mo nifẹ rẹ
  
Excuse Me
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)
  
mo tọrọ gafara
  
Dialect 1
Kathiyawadi
  
Itsekiri
  
Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Nigeria
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Kharwa
  
Ede
  
Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Benin, Togo
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Not Available
  
Ulukwumi
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Nigeria
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
30.00 million
  
36
Native Speakers
50.00 million
  
22
28.00 million
  
29
Native Name
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)
  
Yorùbá
  
Alternative Names
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi
  
Yariba, Yooba
  
French Name
goudjrati
  
yoruba
  
German Name
Gujarati-Sprache
  
Yoruba-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Gujaratis
  
Yoruba people
  
Origin
15
  
4 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Western Sudanic
  
Branch
Indic
  
Kwa
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Gujarati
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Gujarati
  
Yorùbá
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Yoruba Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
gu
  
yo
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
guj
  
yor
  
ISO 639 2/B
guj
  
yor
  
ISO 639 3
guj
  
yor
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
guja1252
  
yoru1245
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Analytic, Isolating
  
Gujarati and Yoruba 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 Gujarati and Yoruba greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Gujarati and Yoruba language. Gujarati word for "Hello" is નમસ્તે (namaste) or Yoruba word for "Thank You" is e dupe. Find more of such common Gujarati Greetings and Yoruba Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Gujarati vs Yoruba Difficulty
The Gujarati vs Yoruba difficulty level basically depends on the number of Gujarati Alphabets and Yoruba 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 Gujarati and Yoruba are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Gujarati and Yoruba, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Gujarati is 18 weeks while to learn Yoruba time required is 30 weeks.