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Kashmiri vs Yoruba


Yoruba vs Kashmiri


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan   
Benin, Nigeria   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
India, Pakistan   
Nigeria   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Yoruba Academy   

Interesting Facts
  • Kashmiri is the only Daridc language with literature which was originated more than seven hundred and fifty years ago.
  • Kashmiri has thousands of loan words from Persian and Arabic Languages.
  
  • 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
Hindi and Urdu Languages   
Owo and Itsekiri languages   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44   
24
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
17   
14
12   
9

How Many Consonants
27   
17
17   
7

Scripts
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
Assalām ‘alaikum   
Ẹ n lẹ   

Thank You
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)   
e dupe   

How Are You?
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)   
Bawo ni o se wa   

Good Night
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)   
Kasun layọ o   

Good Evening
Not Available   
ka a ale   

Good Afternoon
Hach t'ochoktiya   
e kaasan   

Good Morning
Hach ch'i   
e kaaro   

Please
Not Available   
Jowo   

Sorry
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)   
binu   

Bye
Khuda hāfiz   
bye   

I Love You
be chus che seth mohabat karaan   
mo nifẹ rẹ   

Excuse Me
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)   
mo tọrọ gafara   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kashtawari   
Itsekiri   

Where They Speak
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India   
Nigeria   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
500,000.00   
34

Dialect 2
Poguli   
Ede   

Where They Speak
Pogul and Paristan valleys   
Benin, Togo   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
800,000.00   
27

Dialect 3
Rambani   
Ulukwumi   

Where They Speak
India   
Nigeria   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
10,000.00   
34

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
20   
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.60 million   
99+
30.00 million   
36

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.42 %   
32

Native Speakers
5.42 million   
99+
28.00 million   
29

Native Name
कॉशुर / كٲشُر   
Yorùbá   

Alternative Names
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur   
Yariba, Yooba   

French Name
kashmiri   
yoruba   

German Name
Kaschmiri   
Yoruba-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[kəːʃur]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Kashmiris or koshur   
Yoruba people   

History

Origin
12th Century   
4 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Western Sudanic   

Branch
Indic   
Kwa   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Kashmiri   
Yorùbá   

Language Position
Not Available   
49   
36

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)   
Yoruba Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ks   
yo   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kas   
yor   

ISO 639 2/B
kas   
yor   

ISO 639 3
kas   
yor   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
kash1277   
yoru1245   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Analytic, Isolating   

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Kashmiri and Yoruba Language History

Comparison of Kashmiri vs Yoruba language history gives us differences between origin of Kashmiri and Yoruba language. History of Kashmiri language states that this language originated in 12th 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 Kashmiri and Yoruba Language History.

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

Kashmiri vs Yoruba Difficulty

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

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