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Yoruba vs Malaysian


Malaysian vs Yoruba


Countries

Countries
Benin, Nigeria   
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
3   
12

National Language
Nigeria   
Malaysia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Indonesia   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia   

Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America   
Thailand   

Regulated By
Yoruba Academy   
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka   

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.
  
  • One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
  • Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  

Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages   
Indonesian Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Tamil Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
6   
3

How Many Consonants
17   
7
24   
14

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
Ẹ n lẹ   
Hai   

Thank You
e dupe   
terima kasih   

How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa   
Apa khabar?   

Good Night
Kasun layọ o   
Selamat Malam   

Good Evening
ka a ale   
Selamat Petang   

Good Afternoon
e kaasan   
Selamat tengah hari   

Good Morning
e kaaro   
Selamat pagi   

Please
Jowo   
sila   

Sorry
binu   
maaf   

Bye
bye   
Selamat tinggal   

I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ   
Saya sayang kamu   

Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara   
Maafkan saya   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Itsekiri   
Bengkulu   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra   

How Many People Speak
500,000.00   
34
1,600,000.00   
25

Dialect 2
Ede   
Pekal   

Where They Speak
Benin, Togo   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
800,000.00   
27
30,000.00   
40

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi   
Musi   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
10,000.00   
34
3,100,000.00   
11

Total No. Of Dialects
20   
18
24   
20

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million   
36
175.00 million   
10

Speaking Population
0.42 %   
32
1.16 %   
14

Native Speakers
28.00 million   
29
77.00 million   
12

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
98.00 million   
8

Native Name
Yorùbá   
Bahasa melayu   

Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba   
Not Available   

French Name
yoruba   
malais   

German Name
Yoruba-Sprache   
Malaiisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]   

Ethnicity
Yoruba people   
Not Available   

History

Origin
4 BC   
c. 683 AD   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Western Sudanic   
Not Available   

Branch
Kwa   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,   

Standard Forms
Yorùbá   
Pluricentric Standard Malay   

Language Position
49   
36
54   
39

Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language   
Malaysian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
yo   
ms   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
yor   
msa   

ISO 639 2/B
yor   
may   

ISO 639 3
yor   
zsm   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
yoru1245   
stan1306   

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   
Agglutinative   

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Yoruba and Malaysian Language History

Comparison of Yoruba vs Malaysian language history gives us differences between origin of Yoruba and Malaysian language. History of Yoruba language states that this language originated in 4 BC whereas history of Malaysian language states that this language originated in c. 683 AD. 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 Malaysian Language History.

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

Yoruba vs Malaysian Difficulty

The Yoruba vs Malaysian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Yoruba Alphabets and Malaysian 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 Malaysian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Yoruba and Malaysian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Yoruba is 30 weeks while to learn Malaysian time required is 36 weeks.

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