Countries
Fiji, 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, 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 in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
Dialect 1
Khariboli
  
Itsekiri
  
Where They Speak
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
  
Nigeria
  
How Many People Speak
240,000,000.00
  
2
Dialect 2
Marwari
  
Ede
  
Where They Speak
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
  
Benin, Togo
  
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00
  
3
Dialect 3
Bundeli
  
Ulukwumi
  
Where They Speak
Bundelkhand
  
Nigeria
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
4
How Many People Speak?
380.00 million
  
5
30.00 million
  
36
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
  
Yoruba Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
Hindi 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 Hindi and Yoruba greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Hindi and Yoruba language. Hindi word for "Hello" is नमस्ते (Namastē) or Yoruba word for "Thank You" is e dupe. Find more of such common Hindi Greetings and Yoruba Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Hindi vs Yoruba Difficulty
The Hindi vs Yoruba difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hindi 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 Hindi and Yoruba are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hindi and Yoruba, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hindi is 44 weeks while to learn Yoruba time required is 30 weeks.