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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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