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Uyghur vs Yoruba


Yoruba vs Uyghur


Countries

Countries
China   
Benin, Nigeria   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
China   
Nigeria   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa   

Minority Language
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan   
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Regulated By
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region   
Yoruba Academy   

Interesting Facts
  • Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
  • Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
  
  • 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
Uzbek Language   
Owo and Itsekiri languages   

Derived From
Gokturk Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36   
18
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
12   
9

How Many Consonants
27   
17
17   
7

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
Ässalamu läykum.   
Ẹ n lẹ   

Thank You
rakhmat   
e dupe   

How Are You?
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?   
Bawo ni o se wa   

Good Night
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun   
Kasun layọ o   

Good Evening
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!   
ka a ale   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
e kaasan   

Good Morning
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!   
e kaaro   

Please
birdam   
Jowo   

Sorry
kachurung   
binu   

Bye
Khayr khosh   
bye   

I Love You
sizni yahshi kOrman   
mo nifẹ rẹ   

Excuse Me
Kachurung   
mo tọrọ gafara   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Turpan   
Itsekiri   

Where They Speak
China   
Nigeria   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
500,000.00   
34

Dialect 2
Hotan   
Ede   

Where They Speak
China   
Benin, Togo   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
800,000.00   
27

Dialect 3
Lop Nur   
Ulukwumi   

Where They Speak
China   
Nigeria   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
10,000.00   
34

Total No. Of Dialects
7   
7
20   
18

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.12 %   
99+
0.42 %   
32

Native Speakers
8.20 million   
99+
28.00 million   
29

Native Name
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)   
Yorùbá   

Alternative Names
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga   
Yariba, Yooba   

French Name
ouïgour   
yoruba   

German Name
Uigurisch   
Yoruba-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Uyghur   
Yoruba people   

History

Origin
11   
4 BC   

Language Family
Turkic Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Western Sudanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Kwa   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Uyghur   
Yorùbá   

Language Position
98   
99+
49   
36

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Yoruba Sign Language   

Scope
Not Available   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ug   
yo   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
uig   
yor   

ISO 639 2/B
uig   
yor   

ISO 639 3
uig   
yor   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
uigh1240   
yoru1245   

Linguasphere
No data Available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Analytic, Isolating   

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Uyghur and Yoruba Language History

Comparison of Uyghur vs Yoruba language history gives us differences between origin of Uyghur and Yoruba language. History of Uyghur language states that this language originated in 11 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 Uyghur and Yoruba Language History.

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

Uyghur vs Yoruba Difficulty

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

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