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Yoruba and Bengali


Bengali and Yoruba


Countries

Countries
Benin, Nigeria   
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
4   
11

National Language
Nigeria   
Bangladesh, India   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
India   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia   

Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America   
Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Regulated By
Yoruba Academy   
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi   

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.
  
  • Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
  • 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.
  

Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages   
Assamese and Oriya   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
51   
30

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
11   
8

How Many Consonants
17   
7
40   
29

Scripts
Latin   
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Ẹ n lẹ   
হ্যালো (Hyālō)   

Thank You
e dupe   
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)   

How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa   
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)   

Good Night
Kasun layọ o   
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)   

Good Evening
ka a ale   
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)   

Good Afternoon
e kaasan   
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)   

Good Morning
e kaaro   
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)   

Please
Jowo   
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)   

Sorry
binu   
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)   

Bye
bye   
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)   

I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ   
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)   

Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara   
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Itsekiri   
Chakma   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
Bangladesh, Burma, India   

How Many People Speak
500,000.00   
34
330,000.00   
36

Dialect 2
Ede   
Hajong   

Where They Speak
Benin, Togo   
Bangladesh, India   

How Many People Speak
800,000.00   
27
71,000.00   
36

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi   
Rarhi   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
India   

How Many People Speak
10,000.00   
34
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
20   
18
25   
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million   
36
215.00 million   
9

Speaking Population
0.42 %   
32
3.11 %   
8

Native Speakers
28.00 million   
29
196.00 million   
7

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
19.00 million   
16

Native Name
Yorùbá   
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)   

Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba   
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa   

French Name
yoruba   
bengali   

German Name
Yoruba-Sprache   
Bengali   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not available   

Ethnicity
Yoruba people   
Bengalis (Bengali people)   

History

Origin
4 BC   
1000–1200 CE   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Western Sudanic   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Kwa   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Abahatta, Old Bengali   

Standard Forms
Yorùbá   
Bengali   

Language Position
49   
36
4   
4

Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
yo   
bn   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
yor   
ben   

ISO 639 2/B
yor   
ben   

ISO 639 3
yor   
ben   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
yoru1245   
beng1280   

Linguasphere
No data available   
59-AAF-u   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Not Available   

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

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Yoruba and Bengali Speaking population

Yoruba and Bengali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Yoruba and Bengali languages can be compared. The total count of Yoruba and Bengali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Bengali language is 3.11 %. 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 Bengali on Yoruba vs Bengali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Yoruba and Bengali Language Codes

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

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