Countries
Benin, Nigeria
  
India
  
National Language
Nigeria
  
Bangladesh, India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Bangladesh, Bhutan
  
Regulated By
Yoruba Academy
  
Asam Sahitya Sabha
  
Interesting Facts
- 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.
  
- Assamese was reinstated as the state language of Assam in 1873.
- Assamese language has its own stream of origin, it is evolved in a different way from rest of the Indo-Aryan languages of India.
Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages
  
Bengali and Oriya
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Assamese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Bengali
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Ẹ n lẹ
  
nomoskaar
  
Thank You
e dupe
  
ḍhonyobaaḍ
  
How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa
  
aapuni kene aase?
  
Good Night
Kasun layọ o
  
subhoraattri
  
Good Evening
ka a ale
  
subha gadhuli
  
Good Afternoon
e kaasan
  
subha abeli
  
Good Morning
e kaaro
  
suprobhaat
  
Please
Jowo
  
anugroha kori
  
Sorry
binu
  
moi ḍukkhita
  
Bye
bye
  
biḍai
  
I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ
  
moi tomaak bhaalpaao
  
Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara
  
kyoma koribo
  
Dialect 1
Itsekiri
  
Kamrupi
  
Where They Speak
Nigeria
  
Western Assam
  
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00
  
16
Dialect 2
Ede
  
Goalpariya
  
Where They Speak
Benin, Togo
  
Western Assam
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Ulukwumi
  
Bhakatiya
  
Where They Speak
Nigeria
  
Assam
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million
  
36
15.30 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
28.00 million
  
29
15.00 million
  
40
Native Name
Yorùbá
  
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)
  
Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba
  
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya
  
French Name
yoruba
  
assamais
  
German Name
Yoruba-Sprache
  
Assamesisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Yoruba people
  
Assamese people
  
Origin
4 BC
  
7th century A.D
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Western Sudanic
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Kwa
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Kamarupa
  
Standard Forms
Yorùbá
  
Assamese
  
Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
yo
  
as
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
yor
  
asm
  
ISO 639 2/B
yor
  
asm
  
ISO 639 3
yor
  
asm
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
yoru1245
  
assa1263
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
59-AAF-w
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Not Available
  
All Yoruba and Assamese 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 Yoruba and Assamese dialects. Various dialects of Yoruba and Assamese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Yoruba are spoken in different Yoruba Speaking Countries whereas Assamese Dialects are spoken in different Assamese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Yoruba vs Assamese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Yoruba dialects include: Itsekiri, Ede. Assamese dialects include: Kamrupi , Goalpariya. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Yoruba and Assamese Speaking population
Yoruba and Assamese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Yoruba and Assamese languages can be compared. The total count of Yoruba and Assamese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Assamese language is 0.24 %. 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 Yoruba and Assamese on Yoruba vs Assamese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Yoruba and Assamese Language Codes
Yoruba and Assamese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Yoruba and Assamese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.