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Sanskrit and Yoruba


Yoruba and Sanskrit


Countries

Countries
India   
Benin, Nigeria   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
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   
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
  • Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
  • Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  
  • 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
Old German Language   
Owo and Itsekiri languages   

Derived From
Prakrit Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52   
31
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16   
13
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
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
20 weeks   
5
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)   
Ẹ n lẹ   

Thank You
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)   
e dupe   

How Are You?
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)   
Bawo ni o se wa   

Good Night
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)   
Kasun layọ o   

Good Evening
शुभः सायंकालः   
ka a ale   

Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार   
e kaasan   

Good Morning
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)   
e kaaro   

Please
कृपया (kripayā)   
Jowo   

Sorry
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)   
binu   

Bye
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)   
bye   

I Love You
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)   
mo nifẹ rẹ   

Excuse Me
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)   
mo tọrọ gafara   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Not present   
Itsekiri   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Nigeria   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
500,000.00   
34

Dialect 2
Not present   
Ede   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Benin, Togo   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
800,000.00   
27

Dialect 3
Not present   
Ulukwumi   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Nigeria   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
10,000.00   
34

Total No. Of Dialects
0   
20   
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
14.10 million   
99+
30.00 million   
36

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.42 %   
32

Native Speakers
14.10 million   
99+
28.00 million   
29

Native Name
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)   
Yorùbá   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Yariba, Yooba   

French Name
sanskrit   
yoruba   

German Name
Sanskrit   
Yoruba-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[səmskr̩t̪əm]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Yoruba people   

History

Origin
2000 B.C.   
4 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Western Sudanic   

Branch
Indic   
Kwa   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Vedic Sanskrit   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Sanskrit   
Yorùbá   

Language Position
Not Available   
49   
36

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Yoruba Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sa   
yo   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
san   
yor   

ISO 639 2/B
san   
yor   

ISO 639 3
san   
yor   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sans1269   
yoru1245   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Ancient   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Analytic, Isolating   

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

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Sanskrit and Yoruba Speaking population

Sanskrit and Yoruba speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sanskrit and Yoruba languages can be compared. The total count of Sanskrit and Yoruba Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sanskrit language is Not Available 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 Sanskrit and Yoruba on Sanskrit vs Yoruba where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Sanskrit and Yoruba Language Codes

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

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