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Yoruba vs Gujarati


Gujarati vs Yoruba


Countries

Countries
Benin, Nigeria   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Nigeria   
India   

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   
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia   

Regulated By
Yoruba Academy   
NA   

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.
  
  • Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
  • Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
  

Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages   
Bengali Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
47   
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
8   
5

How Many Consonants
17   
7
31   
21

Scripts
Latin   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
18 weeks   
4

Greetings

Hello
Ẹ n lẹ   
નમસ્તે (namaste)   

Thank You
e dupe   
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)   

How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa   
કેમ છો (kem cho?)   

Good Night
Kasun layọ o   
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)   

Good Evening
ka a ale   
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)   

Good Afternoon
e kaasan   
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)   

Good Morning
e kaaro   
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)   

Please
Jowo   
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)   

Sorry
binu   
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)   

Bye
bye   
બાય (Bāya)   

I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ   
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)   

Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara   
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Itsekiri   
Kathiyawadi   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America   

How Many People Speak
500,000.00   
34
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Ede   
Kharwa   

Where They Speak
Benin, Togo   
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America   

How Many People Speak
800,000.00   
27
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
10,000.00   
34
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
20   
18
8   
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million   
36
60.00 million   
27

Speaking Population
0.42 %   
32
0.74 %   
24

Native Speakers
28.00 million   
29
50.00 million   
22

Native Name
Yorùbá   
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)   

Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba   
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi   

French Name
yoruba   
goudjrati   

German Name
Yoruba-Sprache   
Gujarati-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]   

Ethnicity
Yoruba people   
Gujaratis   

History

Origin
4 BC   
15   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Western Sudanic   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Kwa   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Gujarati   

Standard Forms
Yorùbá   
Modern Gujarati   

Language Position
49   
36
23   
19

Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
yo   
gu   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
yor   
guj   

ISO 639 2/B
yor   
guj   

ISO 639 3
yor   
guj   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
yoru1245   
guja1252   

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   

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Yoruba and Gujarati Language History

Comparison of Yoruba vs Gujarati language history gives us differences between origin of Yoruba and Gujarati language. History of Yoruba language states that this language originated in 4 BC whereas history of Gujarati language states that this language originated in 15. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Yoruba and Gujarati Language History.

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Yoruba and Gujarati Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Yoruba and Gujarati greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Yoruba and Gujarati language. Yoruba word for "Hello" is Ẹ n lẹ or Gujarati word for "Thank You" is ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad). Find more of such common Yoruba Greetings and Gujarati Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Yoruba vs Gujarati Difficulty

The Yoruba vs Gujarati difficulty level basically depends on the number of Yoruba Alphabets and Gujarati Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Yoruba and Gujarati are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Yoruba and Gujarati, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Yoruba is 30 weeks while to learn Gujarati time required is 18 weeks.

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