Nepali and Yoruba
Countries
India, Nepal
Benin, Nigeria
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 in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
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
Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
binu
I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
mo nifẹ rẹ
Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
mo tọrọ gafara
Dialect 1
Doteli
Itsekiri
Where They Speak
Nepal
Nigeria
Where They Speak
India, Nepal
Benin, Togo
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Baitadeli
Ulukwumi
Where They Speak
Nepal
Nigeria
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
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
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Western Sudanic
Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
No early forms
Standard Forms
Nepali
Yorùbá
Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
Yoruba Sign Language
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
nepa1254
yoru1245
Linguasphere
12
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Analytic, Isolating
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.
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.
