Countries
India, Pakistan
  
Benin, Nigeria
  
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 in
Urdu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
Dialect 1
Dakhini
  
Itsekiri
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Nigeria
  
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00
  
12
Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu
  
Ede
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Benin, Togo
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Rekhta
  
Ulukwumi
  
Where They Speak
South Asia
  
Nigeria
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
104.00 million
  
15
30.00 million
  
36
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Signed Urdu
  
Yoruba Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.