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Yoruba vs Dogri


Dogri vs Yoruba


Countries

Countries
Benin, Nigeria  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Nigeria  
Jammu and Kashmir, 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  
Not Available  

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.
  
  • Dogri is derived from Sanskrit, but it has absorbed a large number of Arabic, Persian and English words.
  • Dogri language has its own grammar and dictionary. The grammar of dogri has very strong sanskrit base.
  

Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages  
Hindi and Punjabi Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
48  
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
12  
9

How Many Consonants
17  
7
36  
26

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari, Gurmukhi, Perso-Arabic script  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
9
Not Available  

Greetings

Hello
Ẹ n lẹ  
Ke aal aee  

Thank You
e dupe  
dhanwaad  

How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa  
kiyaan oo ji  

Good Night
Kasun layọ o  
shub ratri  

Good Evening
ka a ale  
shub ratri  

Good Afternoon
e kaasan  
Not Available  

Good Morning
e kaaro  
su prabat  

Please
Jowo  
kripya  

Sorry
binu  
mere kaulan galti ooyyii  

Bye
bye  
changa ji pher  

I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ  
Minjo tere naal pyar hega  

Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara  
gustakhi maaf  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Itsekiri  
Jaunsari  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Himachal Pradesh, India  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
34
100,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Ede  
Kullu  

Where They Speak
Benin, Togo  
Georgia, Himachal Pradesh, India  

How Many People Speak
800,000.00  
27
110,000.00  
35

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi  
Hinduri  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
France, Himachal Pradesh, India  

How Many People Speak
10,000.00  
34
30,000.00  
32

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
8  
8

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.42 %  
32
Not Available  

Native Speakers
28.00 million  
29
4.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Yorùbá  
डोगरी  

Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba  
Dhogaryali, Dogari, Dogri Jammu, Dogri Pahari, Dogri-Kangri, Dongari, Hindi Dogri, Tokkaru  

French Name
yoruba  
dogri  

German Name
Yoruba-Sprache  
Dogri  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Yoruba people  
Dogras  

History

Origin
4 BC  
1971  

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  
Dogri  

Language Position
49  
36
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
yo  
Not Available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
yor  
Not Available  

ISO 639 2/B
yor  
Not Available  

ISO 639 3
yor  
doi  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
yoru1245  
indo1311  

Linguasphere
No data available  
Not Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Not Available  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Not Available  

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Yoruba and Dogri Language History

Comparison of Yoruba vs Dogri language history gives us differences between origin of Yoruba and Dogri language. History of Yoruba language states that this language originated in 4 BC whereas history of Dogri language states that this language originated in 1971. 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 Dogri Language History.

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

Yoruba vs Dogri Difficulty

The Yoruba vs Dogri difficulty level basically depends on the number of Yoruba Alphabets and Dogri 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 Dogri are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Yoruba and Dogri, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Yoruba is 30 weeks while to learn Dogri time required is Not Available.

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