Countries
Benin, Nigeria
  
India
  
National Language
Nigeria
  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
  
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
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
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.
  
- Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
- Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
  
Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages
  
Munda Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Santali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Ẹ n lẹ
  
Henda ho
  
Thank You
e dupe
  
Adi Johar
  
How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa
  
Cet’leka menama?
  
Good Night
Kasun layọ o
  
Boge Ninda
  
Good Evening
ka a ale
  
Boge Ayup’
  
Good Afternoon
e kaasan
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
e kaaro
  
Boge Setak’
  
Please
Jowo
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
binu
  
Not Available
  
Bye
bye
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ
  
Not Available
  
Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 1
Itsekiri
  
Mahali
  
Where They Speak
Nigeria
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Ede
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Benin, Togo
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Ulukwumi
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Nigeria
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million
  
36
6.30 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
28.00 million
  
29
6.30 million
  
99+
Native Name
Yorùbá
  
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
  
Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba
  
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
  
French Name
yoruba
  
santal
  
German Name
Yoruba-Sprache
  
Santali
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Yoruba people
  
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
  
Origin
4 BC
  
20th century
  
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
  
Santali
  
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
  
sat
  
ISO 639 2/B
yor
  
sat
  
ISO 639 3
yor
  
sat
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
yoru1245
  
sant1410
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Not Available
  
Yoruba and Santali Speaking population
Yoruba and Santali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Yoruba and Santali languages can be compared. The total count of Yoruba and Santali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Santali 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 Santali on Yoruba vs Santali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Yoruba and Santali Language Codes
Yoruba and Santali language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Yoruba and Santali Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.