Countries
Benin, Nigeria
  
Fiji, India
  
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 in
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Hindi.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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)
  
Dialect 1
Itsekiri
  
Khariboli
  
Where They Speak
Nigeria
  
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
  
How Many People Speak
240,000,000.00
  
2
Dialect 2
Ede
  
Marwari
  
Where They Speak
Benin, Togo
  
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
  
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00
  
3
Dialect 3
Ulukwumi
  
Bundeli
  
Where They Speak
Nigeria
  
Bundelkhand
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
4
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million
  
36
380.00 million
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language
  
Indian Signing System
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
Yoruba and Hindi 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 Hindi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Yoruba and Hindi language. Yoruba word for "Hello" is Ẹ n lẹ or Hindi word for "Thank You" is धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda). Find more of such common Yoruba Greetings and Hindi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Yoruba vs Hindi Difficulty
The Yoruba vs Hindi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Yoruba Alphabets and Hindi 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 Hindi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Yoruba and Hindi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Yoruba is 30 weeks while to learn Hindi time required is 44 weeks.