Countries
Benin, Nigeria
  
Meghalaya
  
National Language
Nigeria
  
Bangladesh, India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not Available
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Not Available
  
Regulated By
Yoruba Academy
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- Khasi language contain a large number of loanwords from Bengali and Hindi Languages.
- There is significant dialectal variation in khasi language, since several dialects have only partial mutual intelligibility.
  
Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Khasi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Bengali, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Ẹ n lẹ
  
Kumno
  
Thank You
e dupe
  
Khublei
  
How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa
  
Kumno phi long?
  
Good Night
Kasun layọ o
  
thia sukh
  
Good Evening
ka a ale
  
babha janmiet
  
Good Afternoon
e kaasan
  
babha noph-phai-sngi
  
Good Morning
e kaaro
  
khublei
  
Please
Jowo
  
Sngewbha
  
Sorry
binu
  
Map
  
Bye
bye
  
khublei
  
I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ
  
ieit ieit
  
Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara
  
map a nga
  
Dialect 1
Itsekiri
  
Bhoi
  
Where They Speak
Nigeria
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Ede
  
Nonglung
  
Where They Speak
Benin, Togo
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Ulukwumi
  
Cherrapunji
  
Where They Speak
Nigeria
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million
  
36
0.84 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
28.00 million
  
29
0.84 million
  
99+
Native Name
Yorùbá
  
Not Available
  
Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba
  
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia
  
French Name
yoruba
  
khasi
  
German Name
Yoruba-Sprache
  
Khasi-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Yoruba people
  
Khasi people
  
Origin
4 BC
  
Not Available
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Austroasiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Western Sudanic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Kwa
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No Early Forms
  
Standard Forms
Yorùbá
  
Khasi
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
yo
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
yor
  
kha
  
ISO 639 2/B
yor
  
kha
  
ISO 639 3
yor
  
kha
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
yoru1245
  
khas1269
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Not Available
  
All Yoruba and Khasi 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 Khasi dialects. Various dialects of Yoruba and Khasi language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Yoruba are spoken in different Yoruba Speaking Countries whereas Khasi Dialects are spoken in different Khasi speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Yoruba vs Khasi Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Yoruba dialects include: Itsekiri, Ede. Khasi dialects include: Bhoi , Nonglung. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Yoruba and Khasi Speaking population
Yoruba and Khasi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Yoruba and Khasi languages can be compared. The total count of Yoruba and Khasi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Khasi language is Not Available. 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 Khasi on Yoruba vs Khasi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Yoruba and Khasi Language Codes
Yoruba and Khasi language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Yoruba and Khasi Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.