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Yoruba vs Malayalam


Malayalam vs Yoruba


Countries

Countries
Benin, Nigeria  
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
3  
12

National Language
Nigeria  
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  

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  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands  

Regulated By
Yoruba Academy  
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala  

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.
  
  • Malayalam language has 54 literals. Same sounds have different versions to it.
  • Malayalam script is reffered as "Rod Script" and it is derived from the Grantha script, which was developed from Indic script of Brahmi.
  

Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages  
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
15  
12

How Many Consonants
17  
7
41  
30

Scripts
Latin  
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  
ഹലോ (halēā)  

Thank You
e dupe  
നന്ദി (nandi)  

How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa  
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)  

Good Night
Kasun layọ o  
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)  

Good Evening
ka a ale  
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)  

Good Afternoon
e kaasan  
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)  

Good Morning
e kaaro  
രാവിലെ (rāvile)  

Please
Jowo  
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)  

Sorry
binu  
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)  

Bye
bye  
വിട (viṭa)  

I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ  
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)  

Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara  
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Itsekiri  
Judeo-Malayalam  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Israel, kerala  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
34
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Ede  
Mappila  

Where They Speak
Benin, Togo  
India  

How Many People Speak
800,000.00  
27
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi  
Pandy Malayalam  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
France, kerala  

How Many People Speak
10,000.00  
34
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
38.00 million  
33

Speaking Population
0.42 %  
32
0.57 %  
27

Native Speakers
28.00 million  
29
38.00 million  
26

Native Name
Yorùbá  
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)  

Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba  
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla  

French Name
yoruba  
malayalam  

German Name
Yoruba-Sprache  
Malayalam  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Yoruba people  
Malayali  

History

Origin
4 BC  
9th Century  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Dravidian Family  

Subgroup
Western Sudanic  
Not Available  

Branch
Kwa  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early form  

Standard Forms
Yorùbá  
Malayalam  

Language Position
49  
36
29  
24

Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
yo  
ml  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
yor  
mal  

ISO 639 2/B
yor  
mal  

ISO 639 3
yor  
mal  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
yoru1245  
mala1464  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Synthetic  

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Yoruba and Malayalam Language History

Comparison of Yoruba vs Malayalam language history gives us differences between origin of Yoruba and Malayalam language. History of Yoruba language states that this language originated in 4 BC whereas history of Malayalam language states that this language originated in 9th 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 Malayalam Language History.

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

Yoruba vs Malayalam Difficulty

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

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