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Hindi and Yoruba


Yoruba and Hindi


Countries

Countries
Fiji, India   
Benin, Nigeria   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
India   
Nigeria   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania   
Africa   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Regulated By
Central Hindi Directorate   
Yoruba Academy   

Interesting Facts
  • In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
  • In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
  
  • 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
Urdu   
Owo and Itsekiri languages   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44   
24
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11   
8
12   
9

How Many Consonants
33   
23
17   
7

Scripts
Devanagari   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (Namastē)   
Ẹ n lẹ   

Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)   
e dupe   

How Are You?
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)   
Bawo ni o se wa   

Good Night
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)   
Kasun layọ o   

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)   
ka a ale   

Good Afternoon
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)   
e kaasan   

Good Morning
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)   
e kaaro   

Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)   
Jowo   

Sorry
खेद (Khēda)   
binu   

Bye
अलविदा (Alavidā)   
bye   

I Love You
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)   
mo nifẹ rẹ   

Excuse Me
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)   
mo tọrọ gafara   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Khariboli   
Itsekiri   

Where They Speak
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh   
Nigeria   

How Many People Speak
240,000,000.00   
2
500,000.00   
34

Dialect 2
Marwari   
Ede   

Where They Speak
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh   
Benin, Togo   

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00   
3
800,000.00   
27

Dialect 3
Bundeli   
Ulukwumi   

Where They Speak
Bundelkhand   
Nigeria   

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00   
4
10,000.00   
34

Total No. Of Dialects
21   
19
20   
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
380.00 million   
5
30.00 million   
36

Speaking Population
4.70 %   
5
0.42 %   
32

Native Speakers
260.00 million   
4
28.00 million   
29

Second Language Speakers
120.00 million   
6
Not Available   

Native Name
हिन्दी   
Yorùbá   

Alternative Names
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli   
Yariba, Yooba   

French Name
hindi   
yoruba   

German Name
Hindi   
Yoruba-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Hindustani people   
Yoruba people   

History

Origin
7th Century   
4 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Western Sudanic   

Branch
Indic   
Kwa   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Hindi   
Yorùbá   

Language Position
5   
5
49   
36

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System   
Yoruba Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
hi   
yo   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hin   
yor   

ISO 639 2/B
hin   
yor   

ISO 639 3
hin   
yor   

ISO 639 6
hins   
Not Available   

Glottocode
hind1269   
yoru1245   

Linguasphere
59-AAF-qf   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Analytic, Isolating   

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All Hindi and Yoruba Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Hindi and Yoruba dialects. Various dialects of Hindi and Yoruba language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Hindi are spoken in different Hindi Speaking Countries whereas Yoruba Dialects are spoken in different Yoruba speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Hindi vs Yoruba Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Hindi dialects include: Khariboli, Marwari. Yoruba dialects include: Itsekiri , Ede. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Hindi and Yoruba Speaking population

Hindi and Yoruba speaking population is one of the factors based on which Hindi and Yoruba languages can be compared. The total count of Hindi and Yoruba Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Hindi language is 4.70 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Hindi and Yoruba on Hindi vs Yoruba where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Hindi and Yoruba Language Codes

Hindi and Yoruba language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Hindi and Yoruba Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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