Oriya and Yoruba
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
Regulated By
Not Available
Yoruba Academy
Interesting Facts
- The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
- Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
- 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 and Assamese
Owo and Itsekiri languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Hello
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
Ẹ n lẹ
Thank You
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
e dupe
How Are You?
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
Bawo ni o se wa
Good Night
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
Kasun layọ o
Good Evening
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
ka a ale
Good Afternoon
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
e kaasan
Good Morning
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
e kaaro
Please
Not Available
Jowo
Sorry
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
binu
Bye
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
bye
I Love You
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
mo nifẹ rẹ
Excuse Me
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
mo tọrọ gafara
Dialect 1
Baleswari
Itsekiri
Where They Speak
India
Nigeria
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
India
Benin, Togo
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
India
Nigeria
Native Name
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
Yorùbá
Alternative Names
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
Yariba, Yooba
German Name
Oriya-Sprache
Yoruba-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈoɽia]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Odias
Yoruba people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Western Sudanic
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Odia
Yorùbá
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
Yoruba Sign Language
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
macr1269
yoru1245
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Analytic, Isolating
All Oriya 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 Oriya and Yoruba dialects. Various dialects of Oriya and Yoruba language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Oriya are spoken in different Oriya Speaking Countries whereas Yoruba Dialects are spoken in different Yoruba speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Oriya vs Yoruba Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Oriya dialects include: Baleswari, Ganjami. Yoruba dialects include: Itsekiri , Ede. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Oriya and Yoruba Speaking population
Oriya and Yoruba speaking population is one of the factors based on which Oriya and Yoruba languages can be compared. The total count of Oriya and Yoruba Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Oriya language is 0.50 % 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 Oriya and Yoruba on Oriya vs Yoruba where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Oriya and Yoruba Language Codes
Oriya and Yoruba language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Oriya and Yoruba Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.