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
Sanskrit-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
Total No. Of Dialects
0
  
How Many People Speak?
14.10 million
  
99+
30.00 million
  
36
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Yoruba Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
Sanskrit and Yoruba Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Sanskrit and Yoruba greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Sanskrit and Yoruba language. Sanskrit word for "Hello" is नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ) or Yoruba word for "Thank You" is e dupe. Find more of such common Sanskrit Greetings and Yoruba Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Sanskrit vs Yoruba Difficulty
The Sanskrit vs Yoruba difficulty level basically depends on the number of Sanskrit Alphabets and Yoruba Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Sanskrit and Yoruba are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Sanskrit and Yoruba, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Sanskrit is 20 weeks while to learn Yoruba time required is 30 weeks.