Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
Benin, Nigeria
National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Nigeria
Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
Yoruba Academy
Interesting Facts
- In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
- Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic 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
Pashto and Balochi Languages
Owo and Itsekiri languages
Derived From
Arabic Language
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Alphabets in
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Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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How Are You?
چطور هستید?
Bawo ni o se wa
Good Night
شب بخیر
Kasun layọ o
Good Evening
عصر بخیر
ka a ale
Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر
e kaasan
Good Morning
صبح به خیر
e kaaro
I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم
mo nifẹ rẹ
Excuse Me
ببخشيد!
mo tọrọ gafara
Dialect 1
Western Persian
Itsekiri
Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq
Nigeria
Dialect 2
Dari Persian
Ede
Where They Speak
Afganistan
Benin, Togo
Dialect 3
Tajik Persian
Ulukwumi
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Nigeria
Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
Yariba, Yooba
French Name
persan
yoruba
German Name
Persisch
Yoruba-Sprache
Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Persian people
Yoruba people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Western Sudanic
Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Persian
Yorùbá
Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language
Yoruba Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
fars1254
yoru1245
Linguasphere
58-AAC-c
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Analytic, Isolating
All Persian and Yoruba Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Persian and Yoruba dialects. Various dialects of Persian and Yoruba language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Persian are spoken in different Persian Speaking Countries whereas Yoruba Dialects are spoken in different Yoruba speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Persian vs Yoruba Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Persian dialects include: Western Persian, Dari Persian. Yoruba dialects include: Itsekiri , Ede. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Persian and Yoruba Speaking population
Persian and Yoruba speaking population is one of the factors based on which Persian and Yoruba languages can be compared. The total count of Persian and Yoruba Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Persian and Yoruba on Persian vs Yoruba where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Persian and Yoruba Language Codes
Persian and Yoruba language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Persian and Yoruba Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.