Sanskrit 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
- 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 in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
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
Dialect 1
Not present
Itsekiri
Where They Speak
Not Available
Nigeria
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Not present
Ede
Where They Speak
Not Available
Benin, Togo
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Not present
Ulukwumi
Where They Speak
Not Available
Nigeria
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
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
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Western Sudanic
Early Forms
Vedic Sanskrit
No early forms
Standard Forms
Sanskrit
Yorùbá
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Yoruba Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sans1269
yoru1245
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Ancient
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Analytic, Isolating
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.
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.