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Yoruba and Hindi


Hindi and Yoruba


Countries

Countries
Benin, Nigeria   
Fiji, India   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Nigeria   
India   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia, Oceania   

Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Yoruba Academy   
Central Hindi Directorate   

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.
  
  • In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
  • In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
  

Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages   
Urdu   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
44   
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
11   
8

How Many Consonants
17   
7
33   
23

Scripts
Latin   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Ẹ n lẹ   
नमस्ते (Namastē)   

Thank You
e dupe   
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)   

How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa   
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)   

Good Night
Kasun layọ o   
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)   

Good Evening
ka a ale   
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)   

Good Afternoon
e kaasan   
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)   

Good Morning
e kaaro   
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)   

Please
Jowo   
कृपया (Kr̥payā)   

Sorry
binu   
खेद (Khēda)   

Bye
bye   
अलविदा (Alavidā)   

I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ   
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)   

Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara   
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Itsekiri   
Khariboli   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh   

How Many People Speak
500,000.00   
34
240,000,000.00   
2

Dialect 2
Ede   
Marwari   

Where They Speak
Benin, Togo   
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh   

How Many People Speak
800,000.00   
27
22,000,000.00   
3

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi   
Bundeli   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
Bundelkhand   

How Many People Speak
10,000.00   
34
20,000,000.00   
4

Total No. Of Dialects
20   
18
21   
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million   
36
380.00 million   
5

Speaking Population
0.42 %   
32
4.70 %   
5

Native Speakers
28.00 million   
29
260.00 million   
4

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
120.00 million   
6

Native Name
Yorùbá   
हिन्दी   

Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba   
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli   

French Name
yoruba   
hindi   

German Name
Yoruba-Sprache   
Hindi   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]   

Ethnicity
Yoruba people   
Hindustani people   

History

Origin
4 BC   
7th Century   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Western Sudanic   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Kwa   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Yorùbá   
Standard Hindi   

Language Position
49   
36
5   
5

Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language   
Indian Signing System   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
yo   
hi   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
yor   
hin   

ISO 639 2/B
yor   
hin   

ISO 639 3
yor   
hin   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
hins   

Glottocode
yoru1245   
hind1269   

Linguasphere
No data available   
59-AAF-qf   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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

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Yoruba and Hindi Speaking population

Yoruba and Hindi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Yoruba and Hindi languages can be compared. The total count of Yoruba and Hindi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Hindi language is 4.70 %. 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 Hindi on Yoruba vs Hindi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Yoruba and Hindi Language Codes

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

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