Countries
Benin, Nigeria
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
National Language
Nigeria
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Regulated By
Yoruba Academy
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
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.
- 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.
Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages
Pashto and Balochi Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa
چطور هستید?
Good Night
Kasun layọ o
شب بخیر
Good Evening
ka a ale
عصر بخیر
Good Afternoon
e kaasan
بعد از ظهر بخیر
Good Morning
e kaaro
صبح به خیر
I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ
من شما را دوست دارم
Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara
ببخشيد!
Dialect 1
Itsekiri
Western Persian
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Iran, Iraq
Dialect 2
Ede
Dari Persian
Where They Speak
Benin, Togo
Afganistan
Dialect 3
Ulukwumi
Tajik Persian
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
French Name
yoruba
persan
German Name
Yoruba-Sprache
Persisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
Ethnicity
Yoruba people
Persian people
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Western Sudanic
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian
Standard Forms
Yorùbá
Persian
Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language
Persian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
yoru1245
fars1254
Linguasphere
No data available
58-AAC-c
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Synthetic
All Yoruba and Persian 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 Persian dialects. Various dialects of Yoruba and Persian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Yoruba are spoken in different Yoruba Speaking Countries whereas Persian Dialects are spoken in different Persian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Yoruba vs Persian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Yoruba dialects include: Itsekiri, Ede. Persian dialects include: Western Persian , Dari Persian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Yoruba and Persian Speaking population
Yoruba and Persian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Yoruba and Persian languages can be compared. The total count of Yoruba and Persian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 %. 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 Persian on Yoruba vs Persian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Yoruba and Persian Language Codes
Yoruba and Persian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Yoruba and Persian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.