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Yoruba vs Bhojpuri


Bhojpuri vs Yoruba


Countries

Countries
Benin, Nigeria  
India, No official status  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
0  
15

National Language
Nigeria  
India  

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  
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago  

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.
  
  • Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
  • In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
  

Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages  
Maithili and Magahi  

Derived From
Not Available  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
43  
23

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
11  
8

How Many Consonants
17  
7
34  
24

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
9
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Ẹ n lẹ  
प्रणाम (prannam)  

Thank You
e dupe  
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)  

How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa  
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)  

Good Night
Kasun layọ o  
राम राम (raam raam)  

Good Evening
ka a ale  
राम राम (raam raam)  

Good Afternoon
e kaasan  
राम राम (raam raam)  

Good Morning
e kaaro  
राम राम (raam raam)  

Please
Jowo  
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)  

Sorry
binu  
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)  

Bye
bye  
प्रणाम (prannam)  

I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ  
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)  

Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara  
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Itsekiri  
Caribbean Hindustani  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
34
16,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Ede  
Fiji Hindi  

Where They Speak
Benin, Togo  
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
800,000.00  
27
380,000.00  
31

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi  
Tharu Bhojpuri  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
India  

How Many People Speak
10,000.00  
34
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
13  
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
40.00 million  
31

Speaking Population
0.42 %  
32
0.43 %  
31

Native Speakers
28.00 million  
29
40.00 million  
24

Native Name
Yorùbá  
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)  

Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba  
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas  

French Name
yoruba  
bhojpuri  

German Name
Yoruba-Sprache  
Bhojpuri  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/  

Ethnicity
Yoruba people  
Not Available  

History

Origin
4 BC  
19th Century  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Western Sudanic  
Not Available  

Branch
Kwa  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Yorùbá  
Bhojpuri  

Language Position
49  
36
37  
29

Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
yo  
No data Available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
yor  
bho  

ISO 639 2/B
yor  
bho  

ISO 639 3
yor  
bho  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
yoru1245  
bhoj1246  

Linguasphere
No data available  
59-AAF-sa  

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 Bhojpuri Language History

Comparison of Yoruba vs Bhojpuri language history gives us differences between origin of Yoruba and Bhojpuri language. History of Yoruba language states that this language originated in 4 BC whereas history of Bhojpuri language states that this language originated in 19th Century. 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 Bhojpuri Language History.

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

Yoruba vs Bhojpuri Difficulty

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

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