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Yoruba and Kashmiri


Kashmiri and Yoruba


Countries

Countries
Benin, Nigeria   
India, Pakistan   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Nigeria   
India, Pakistan   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia   

Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Yoruba Academy   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • Kashmiri is the only Daridc language with literature which was originated more than seven hundred and fifty years ago.
  • Kashmiri has thousands of loan words from Persian and Arabic Languages.
  

Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages   
Hindi and Urdu Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
44   
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
17   
14

How Many Consonants
17   
7
27   
17

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Ẹ n lẹ   
Assalām ‘alaikum   

Thank You
e dupe   
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)   

How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa   
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)   

Good Night
Kasun layọ o   
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)   

Good Evening
ka a ale   
Not Available   

Good Afternoon
e kaasan   
Hach t'ochoktiya   

Good Morning
e kaaro   
Hach ch'i   

Please
Jowo   
Not Available   

Sorry
binu   
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)   

Bye
bye   
Khuda hāfiz   

I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ   
be chus che seth mohabat karaan   

Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara   
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Itsekiri   
Kashtawari   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India   

How Many People Speak
500,000.00   
34
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Ede   
Poguli   

Where They Speak
Benin, Togo   
Pogul and Paristan valleys   

How Many People Speak
800,000.00   
27
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi   
Rambani   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
India   

How Many People Speak
10,000.00   
34
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
20   
18
4   
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.42 %   
32
Not Available   

Native Speakers
28.00 million   
29
5.42 million   
99+

Native Name
Yorùbá   
कॉशुर / كٲشُر   

Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba   
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur   

French Name
yoruba   
kashmiri   

German Name
Yoruba-Sprache   
Kaschmiri   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[kəːʃur]   

Ethnicity
Yoruba people   
Kashmiris or koshur   

History

Origin
4 BC   
12th Century   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Western Sudanic   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Kwa   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Yorùbá   
Kashmiri   

Language Position
49   
36
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language   
Indian Signing System (ISS)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
yo   
ks   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
yor   
kas   

ISO 639 2/B
yor   
kas   

ISO 639 3
yor   
kas   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
yoru1245   
kash1277   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Not Available   

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All Yoruba and Kashmiri 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 Yoruba and Kashmiri dialects. Various dialects of Yoruba and Kashmiri language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Yoruba are spoken in different Yoruba Speaking Countries whereas Kashmiri Dialects are spoken in different Kashmiri speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Yoruba vs Kashmiri Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Yoruba dialects include: Itsekiri, Ede. Kashmiri dialects include: Kashtawari , Poguli. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Yoruba and Kashmiri Speaking population

Yoruba and Kashmiri speaking population is one of the factors based on which Yoruba and Kashmiri languages can be compared. The total count of Yoruba and Kashmiri Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Kashmiri language is Not Available. 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 Yoruba and Kashmiri on Yoruba vs Kashmiri where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Yoruba and Kashmiri Language Codes

Yoruba and Kashmiri language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Yoruba and Kashmiri Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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