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Persian vs Yoruba


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Countries

Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan  
Benin, Nigeria  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
2  
13

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  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
12  
9

How Many Consonants
23  
13
17  
7

Scripts
Arabic  
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
سلام  
Ẹ n lẹ  

Thank You
متشکرم  
e dupe  

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  

Please
لطفا  
Jowo  

Sorry
متاسف  
binu  

Bye
خدا حافظ  
bye  

I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم  
mo nifẹ rẹ  

Excuse Me
ببخشيد!  
mo tọrọ gafara  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Western Persian  
Itsekiri  

Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00  
7
500,000.00  
34

Dialect 2
Dari Persian  
Ede  

Where They Speak
Afganistan  
Benin, Togo  

How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00  
7
800,000.00  
27

Dialect 3
Tajik Persian  
Ulukwumi  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
7,900,000.00  
6
10,000.00  
34

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
20  
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
65.00 million  
26
30.00 million  
36

Speaking Population
0.99 %  
20
0.42 %  
32

Native Speakers
65.00 million  
17
28.00 million  
29

Native Name
فارسی  
Yorùbá  

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  

History

Origin
1500 BC  
4 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Western Sudanic  

Branch
Iranian  
Kwa  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Persian  
Yorùbá  

Language Position
23  
19
49  
36

Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language  
Yoruba Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
fa  
yo  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fas  
yor  

ISO 639 2/B
per  
yor  

ISO 639 3
pes  
yor  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
fars1254  
yoru1245  

Linguasphere
58-AAC-c  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Analytic, Isolating  

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Persian and Yoruba Language History

Comparison of Persian vs Yoruba language history gives us differences between origin of Persian and Yoruba language. History of Persian language states that this language originated in 1500 BC 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 Persian and Yoruba Language History.

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

Persian vs Yoruba Difficulty

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

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