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Yoruba vs Kurdish


Kurdish vs Yoruba


Countries

Countries
Benin, Nigeria  
Iraq, Kurdistan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Nigeria  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Middle East  

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.
  
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  

Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages  
Farsi Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
8  
5

How Many Consonants
17  
7
29  
19

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
9
4 weeks  
2

Greetings

Hello
Ẹ n lẹ  
Silaw  

Thank You
e dupe  
Sipas  

How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa  
Tu çawa yî?  

Good Night
Kasun layọ o  
Şev xweş  

Good Evening
ka a ale  
Evare baş  

Good Afternoon
e kaasan  
Nee-wa-rowt bash  

Good Morning
e kaaro  
Bayanit bash  

Please
Jowo  
Bê zehmet  

Sorry
binu  
Bibûre  

Bye
bye  
Be xêr çî  

I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ  
Ez te hez dikem  

Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara  
Bê zehmet  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Itsekiri  
Northern Kurdish  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
34
20,000,000.00  
10

Dialect 2
Ede  
Central Kurdish  

Where They Speak
Benin, Togo  
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran  

How Many People Speak
800,000.00  
27
5,000,000.00  
14

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi  
Southern Kurdish  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Eastern Iraq  

How Many People Speak
10,000.00  
34
3,000,000.00  
12

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
28.00 million  
38

Speaking Population
0.42 %  
32
0.31 %  
39

Native Speakers
28.00 million  
29
21.00 million  
36

Native Name
Yorùbá  
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди  

Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba  
Not Available  

French Name
yoruba  
kurde  

German Name
Yoruba-Sprache  
Kurdisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Yoruba people  
Kurds  

History

Origin
4 BC  
16th century CE  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Western Sudanic  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Kwa  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Not Available  

Standard Forms
Yorùbá  
Kurdish  

Language Position
49  
36
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
yo  
ku  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
yor  
kur  

ISO 639 2/B
yor  
kur  

ISO 639 3
yor  
kur  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
yoru1245  
kurd1259  

Linguasphere
No data available  
58-AAA-a  

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 Kurdish Language History

Comparison of Yoruba vs Kurdish language history gives us differences between origin of Yoruba and Kurdish language. History of Yoruba language states that this language originated in 4 BC whereas history of Kurdish language states that this language originated in 16th century 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 Kurdish Language History.

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

Yoruba vs Kurdish Difficulty

The Yoruba vs Kurdish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Yoruba Alphabets and Kurdish 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 Kurdish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Yoruba and Kurdish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Yoruba is 30 weeks while to learn Kurdish time required is 4 weeks.

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