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Bhojpuri vs Yoruba


Yoruba vs Bhojpuri


Countries

Countries
India, No official status  
Benin, Nigeria  

Total No. Of Countries
0  
15
2  
13

National Language
India  
Nigeria  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago  
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Yoruba Academy  

Interesting Facts
  • Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
  • In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Maithili and Magahi  
Owo and Itsekiri languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
43  
23
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
12  
9

How Many Consonants
34  
24
17  
7

Scripts
Devanagari  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
30 weeks  
9

Greetings

Hello
प्रणाम (prannam)  
Ẹ n lẹ  

Thank You
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)  
e dupe  

How Are You?
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)  
Bawo ni o se wa  

Good Night
राम राम (raam raam)  
Kasun layọ o  

Good Evening
राम राम (raam raam)  
ka a ale  

Good Afternoon
राम राम (raam raam)  
e kaasan  

Good Morning
राम राम (raam raam)  
e kaaro  

Please
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)  
Jowo  

Sorry
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)  
binu  

Bye
प्रणाम (prannam)  
bye  

I Love You
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)  
mo nifẹ rẹ  

Excuse Me
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)  
mo tọrọ gafara  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Caribbean Hindustani  
Itsekiri  

Where They Speak
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
16,000.00  
99+
500,000.00  
34

Dialect 2
Fiji Hindi  
Ede  

Where They Speak
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Benin, Togo  

How Many People Speak
380,000.00  
31
800,000.00  
27

Dialect 3
Tharu Bhojpuri  
Ulukwumi  

Where They Speak
India  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
10,000.00  
34

Total No. Of Dialects
13  
13
20  
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
40.00 million  
31
30.00 million  
36

Speaking Population
0.43 %  
31
0.42 %  
32

Native Speakers
40.00 million  
24
28.00 million  
29

Native Name
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)  
Yorùbá  

Alternative Names
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas  
Yariba, Yooba  

French Name
bhojpuri  
yoruba  

German Name
Bhojpuri  
Yoruba-Sprache  

Pronunciation
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Yoruba people  

History

Origin
19th Century  
4 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Western Sudanic  

Branch
Not Available  
Kwa  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Bhojpuri  
Yorùbá  

Language Position
37  
29
49  
36

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Yoruba Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data Available  
yo  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bho  
yor  

ISO 639 2/B
bho  
yor  

ISO 639 3
bho  
yor  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
bhoj1246  
yoru1245  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-sa  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Analytic, Isolating  

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Bhojpuri and Yoruba Language History

Comparison of Bhojpuri vs Yoruba language history gives us differences between origin of Bhojpuri and Yoruba language. History of Bhojpuri language states that this language originated in 19th Century whereas history of Yoruba language states that this language originated in 4 BC. 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 Bhojpuri and Yoruba Language History.

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Bhojpuri and Yoruba 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 Bhojpuri and Yoruba greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Bhojpuri and Yoruba language. Bhojpuri word for "Hello" is प्रणाम (prannam) or Yoruba word for "Thank You" is e dupe. Find more of such common Bhojpuri Greetings and Yoruba Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Bhojpuri vs Yoruba Difficulty

The Bhojpuri vs Yoruba difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bhojpuri Alphabets and Yoruba 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 Bhojpuri and Yoruba are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bhojpuri and Yoruba, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bhojpuri is 44 weeks while to learn Yoruba time required is 30 weeks.

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