1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Benin, Nigeria
India, Pakistan
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Pakistan
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
1.7 Regulated By
Yoruba Academy
Not Available
1.8 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.
- Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
- Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
1.9 Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages
Hindi Language
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Sanskrit Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
Latin
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
3.3 How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
3.4 Good Night
Kasun layọ o
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
3.5 Good Evening
ka a ale
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
3.6 Good Afternoon
e kaasan
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
3.7 Good Morning
e kaaro
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
3.8 Please
Jowo
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
3.9 Sorry
binu
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
3.10 Bye
bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
3.11 I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
3.12 Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
500,000.002,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Benin, Togo
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
800,000.0020,000,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Nigeria
Pakistan, Punjab, India
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
10,000.00NA
1400
96000000
1.13 Total No. Of Dialects
2 How Many People Speak
2.1 How Many People Speak?
30.00 million154.30 million
0.13
1200
2.2 Speaking Population
2.3 Native Speakers
28.00 million100.00 million
0.13
873
2.3.1 Second Language Speakers
2.3.2 Native Name
2.3.3 Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
2.3.4 French Name
2.3.5 German Name
Yoruba-Sprache
Pandschabi-Sprache
2.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Availble
2.5 Ethnicity
3 History
3.1 Origin
3.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
3.2.1 Subgroup
Western Sudanic
Indo-Iranian
3.2.2 Branch
3.3 Language Forms
3.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
3.3.2 Standard Forms
3.3.3 Language Position
3.3.4 Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language
Indian Signing System (ISS)
3.4 Scope
4 Code
4.1 ISO 639 1
4.2 ISO 639 2
4.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
4.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
4.3 ISO 639 3
4.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
4.5 Glottocode
4.6 Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
4.7 Types of Language
4.7.1 Language Type
4.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
4.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Fusional