Countries
Benin, Nigeria
  
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
  
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.
  
- The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
- Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
  
Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages
  
Bengali and Assamese
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Oriya-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Ẹ n lẹ
  
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
  
Thank You
e dupe
  
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
  
How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa
  
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
  
Good Night
Kasun layọ o
  
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
  
Good Evening
ka a ale
  
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
  
Good Afternoon
e kaasan
  
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
  
Good Morning
e kaaro
  
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
  
Please
Jowo
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
binu
  
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
  
Bye
bye
  
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
  
I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ
  
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
  
Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara
  
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
  
Dialect 1
Itsekiri
  
Baleswari
  
Where They Speak
Nigeria
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Ede
  
Ganjami
  
Where They Speak
Benin, Togo
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Ulukwumi
  
Kosli
  
Where They Speak
Nigeria
  
India
  
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million
  
36
33.00 million
  
34
Native Speakers
28.00 million
  
29
33.00 million
  
28
Native Name
Yorùbá
  
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
  
Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba
  
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
  
French Name
yoruba
  
oriya
  
German Name
Yoruba-Sprache
  
Oriya-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈoɽia]
  
Ethnicity
Yoruba people
  
Odias
  
Origin
4 BC
  
3 BC
  
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 Odia
  
Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language
  
Indian Signing System
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
yo
  
or
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
yor
  
ori
  
ISO 639 2/B
yor
  
ori
  
ISO 639 3
yor
  
ori
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
yoru1245
  
macr1269
  
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 Oriya 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 Oriya greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Yoruba and Oriya language. Yoruba word for "Hello" is Ẹ n lẹ or Oriya word for "Thank You" is ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad). Find more of such common Yoruba Greetings and Oriya Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Yoruba vs Oriya Difficulty
The Yoruba vs Oriya difficulty level basically depends on the number of Yoruba Alphabets and Oriya 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 Oriya are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Yoruba and Oriya, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Yoruba is 30 weeks while to learn Oriya time required is 44 weeks.