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Yoruba vs Kashmiri


Kashmiri vs 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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Yoruba and Kashmiri Language History

Comparison of Yoruba vs Kashmiri language history gives us differences between origin of Yoruba and Kashmiri language. History of Yoruba language states that this language originated in 4 BC whereas history of Kashmiri language states that this language originated in 12th 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 Kashmiri Language History.

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

Yoruba vs Kashmiri Difficulty

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

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