1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Benin, Nigeria
India, No official status
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
1.7 Regulated By
Yoruba Academy
Not Available
1.8 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.
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
1.9 Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages
Maithili and Magahi
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Sanskrit Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
3.3 How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
3.4 Good Night
Kasun layọ o
राम राम (raam raam)
3.5 Good Evening
ka a ale
राम राम (raam raam)
3.6 Good Afternoon
e kaasan
राम राम (raam raam)
3.7 Good Morning
e kaaro
राम राम (raam raam)
3.8 Please
Jowo
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
3.9 Sorry
binu
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
3.12 Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Itsekiri
Caribbean Hindustani
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Nigeria
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
500,000.0016,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Benin, Togo
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
800,000.00380,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
10,000.00NA
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
30.00 million40.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
28.00 million40.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
Yorùbá
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
5.5 Ethnicity
Yoruba people
Not Available
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Western Sudanic
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language
Not Available
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
No data available
59-AAF-sa
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Not Available