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Urdu vs Yoruba


Yoruba vs Urdu


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan   
Benin, Nigeria   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Pakistan   
Nigeria   

Second Language
Pakistan   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania   
Africa   

Minority Language
India   
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Regulated By
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan   
Yoruba Academy   

Interesting Facts
  • Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
  • Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  
  • 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
Arabic and Hindi Languages   
Owo and Itsekiri languages   

Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52   
31
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
12   
9

How Many Consonants
40   
29
17   
7

Scripts
Arabic   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
خوش آمديد   
Ẹ n lẹ   

Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ   
e dupe   

How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟   
Bawo ni o se wa   

Good Night
گڈ نائٹ   
Kasun layọ o   

Good Evening
سلام علیکم   
ka a ale   

Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون   
e kaasan   

Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ   
e kaaro   

Please
براہ مہربانی   
Jowo   

Sorry
معاف کرنا   
binu   

Bye
الوداع   
bye   

I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت   
mo nifẹ rẹ   

Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا   
mo tọrọ gafara   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dakhini   
Itsekiri   

Where They Speak
India   
Nigeria   

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00   
12
500,000.00   
34

Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu   
Ede   

Where They Speak
India   
Benin, Togo   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
800,000.00   
27

Dialect 3
Rekhta   
Ulukwumi   

Where They Speak
South Asia   
Nigeria   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
10,000.00   
34

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
20   
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
104.00 million   
15
30.00 million   
36

Speaking Population
0.99 %   
20
0.42 %   
32

Native Speakers
61.00 million   
19
28.00 million   
29

Second Language Speakers
43.00 million   
14
Not Available   

Native Name
اُردُو   
Yorùbá   

Alternative Names
Bihari   
Yariba, Yooba   

French Name
ourdou   
yoruba   

German Name
Urdu   
Yoruba-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Yoruba people   

History

Origin
12th Century CE   
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
Modern Standard Urdu   
Yorùbá   

Language Position
20   
18
49   
36

Signed Forms
Signed Urdu   
Yoruba Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ur   
yo   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
urd   
yor   

ISO 639 2/B
urd   
yor   

ISO 639 3
urd   
yor   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
urdu1245   
yoru1245   

Linguasphere
59-AAF-q   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Analytic, Isolating   

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Urdu and Yoruba Language History

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

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

Urdu vs Yoruba Difficulty

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

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