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Yoruba vs Bengali


Bengali vs Yoruba


Countries

Countries
Benin, Nigeria  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
4  
11

National Language
Nigeria  
Bangladesh, India  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
India  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Regulated By
Yoruba Academy  
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi  

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.
  
  • Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
  • 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.
  

Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages  
Assamese and Oriya  

Derived From
Not Available  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
51  
30

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
11  
8

How Many Consonants
17  
7
40  
29

Scripts
Latin  
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
9
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Ẹ n lẹ  
হ্যালো (Hyālō)  

Thank You
e dupe  
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)  

How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa  
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)  

Good Night
Kasun layọ o  
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)  

Good Evening
ka a ale  
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)  

Good Afternoon
e kaasan  
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)  

Good Morning
e kaaro  
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)  

Please
Jowo  
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)  

Sorry
binu  
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)  

Bye
bye  
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)  

I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ  
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)  

Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara  
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Itsekiri  
Chakma  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Bangladesh, Burma, India  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
34
330,000.00  
36

Dialect 2
Ede  
Hajong  

Where They Speak
Benin, Togo  
Bangladesh, India  

How Many People Speak
800,000.00  
27
71,000.00  
36

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi  
Rarhi  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
India  

How Many People Speak
10,000.00  
34
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
25  
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
215.00 million  
9

Speaking Population
0.42 %  
32
3.11 %  
8

Native Speakers
28.00 million  
29
196.00 million  
7

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
19.00 million  
16

Native Name
Yorùbá  
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)  

Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba  
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa  

French Name
yoruba  
bengali  

German Name
Yoruba-Sprache  
Bengali  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not available  

Ethnicity
Yoruba people  
Bengalis (Bengali people)  

History

Origin
4 BC  
1000–1200 CE  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Western Sudanic  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Kwa  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Abahatta, Old Bengali  

Standard Forms
Yorùbá  
Bengali  

Language Position
49  
36
4  
4

Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
yo  
bn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
yor  
ben  

ISO 639 2/B
yor  
ben  

ISO 639 3
yor  
ben  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
yoru1245  
beng1280  

Linguasphere
No data available  
59-AAF-u  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Not Available  

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Yoruba and Bengali Language History

Comparison of Yoruba vs Bengali language history gives us differences between origin of Yoruba and Bengali language. History of Yoruba language states that this language originated in 4 BC whereas history of Bengali language states that this language originated in 1000–1200 CE. 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 Yoruba and Bengali Language History.

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Yoruba and Bengali 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 Yoruba and Bengali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Yoruba and Bengali language. Yoruba word for "Hello" is Ẹ n lẹ or Bengali word for "Thank You" is ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad). Find more of such common Yoruba Greetings and Bengali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Yoruba vs Bengali Difficulty

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

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