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Nepali and Yoruba


Yoruba and Nepali


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal   
Benin, Nigeria   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Nepal   
Nigeria   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa   

Minority Language
People's Republic of China   
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal   
Yoruba Academy   

Interesting Facts
  • Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
  • Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  
  • 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
Hindi   
Owo and Itsekiri languages   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48   
28
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
12   
9

How Many Consonants
36   
26
17   
7

Scripts
Devanagari   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)   
Ẹ n lẹ   

Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)   
e dupe   

How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)   
Bawo ni o se wa   

Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)   
Kasun layọ o   

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)   
ka a ale   

Good Afternoon
Good afternoon   
e kaasan   

Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)   
e kaaro   

Please
कृपया   
Jowo   

Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   
binu   

Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)   
bye   

I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)   
mo nifẹ rẹ   

Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   
mo tọrọ gafara   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doteli   
Itsekiri   

Where They Speak
Nepal   
Nigeria   

How Many People Speak
790,000.00   
30
500,000.00   
34

Dialect 2
Bajhangi   
Ede   

Where They Speak
India, Nepal   
Benin, Togo   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
800,000.00   
27

Dialect 3
Baitadeli   
Ulukwumi   

Where They Speak
Nepal   
Nigeria   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
10,000.00   
34

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
20   
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million   
36
30.00 million   
36

Speaking Population
0.25 %   
99+
0.42 %   
32

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
28.00 million   
29

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million   
29
Not Available   

Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)   
Yorùbá   

Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate   
Yariba, Yooba   

French Name
népalais   
yoruba   

German Name
Nepali   
Yoruba-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu   
Yoruba people   

History

Origin
19 BC   
4 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Western Sudanic   

Branch
Indic   
Kwa   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Nepali   
Yorùbá   

Language Position
59   
99+
49   
36

Signed Forms
Signed Nepali   
Yoruba Sign Language   

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ne   
yo   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nep   
yor   

ISO 639 2/B
nep   
yor   

ISO 639 3
npi   
yor   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nepa1254   
yoru1245   

Linguasphere
12   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Analytic, Isolating   

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All Nepali 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 Nepali and Yoruba dialects. Various dialects of Nepali and Yoruba language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Nepali are spoken in different Nepali Speaking Countries whereas Yoruba Dialects are spoken in different Yoruba speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Nepali vs Yoruba Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Nepali dialects include: Doteli, Bajhangi. Yoruba dialects include: Itsekiri , Ede. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Nepali and Yoruba Speaking population

Nepali and Yoruba speaking population is one of the factors based on which Nepali and Yoruba languages can be compared. The total count of Nepali and Yoruba Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 % 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 Nepali and Yoruba on Nepali vs Yoruba where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Nepali and Yoruba Language Codes

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

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