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Yoruba vs Nepali


Nepali vs Yoruba


Countries

Countries
Benin, Nigeria  
India, Nepal  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Nigeria  
Nepal  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America  
People's Republic of China  

Regulated By
Yoruba Academy  
Language Academy of Nepal  

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.
  
  • Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
  • Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  

Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages  
Hindi  

Derived From
Not Available  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
48  
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
12  
9

How Many Consonants
17  
7
36  
26

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, 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  
नमस्ते (namaste)  

Thank You
e dupe  
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)  

How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa  
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)  

Good Night
Kasun layọ o  
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)  

Good Evening
ka a ale  
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)  

Good Afternoon
e kaasan  
Good afternoon  

Good Morning
e kaaro  
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)  

Please
Jowo  
कृपया  

Sorry
binu  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  

Bye
bye  
नमस्ते (namaste)  

I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ  
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)  

Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Itsekiri  
Doteli  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
34
790,000.00  
30

Dialect 2
Ede  
Bajhangi  

Where They Speak
Benin, Togo  
India, Nepal  

How Many People Speak
800,000.00  
27
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi  
Baitadeli  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
10,000.00  
34
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
30.00 million  
36

Speaking Population
0.42 %  
32
0.25 %  
99+

Native Speakers
28.00 million  
29
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
5.00 million  
29

Native Name
Yorùbá  
नेपाली (nēpālī)  

Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba  
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate  

French Name
yoruba  
népalais  

German Name
Yoruba-Sprache  
Nepali  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Yoruba people  
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu  

History

Origin
4 BC  
19 BC  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Western Sudanic  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Kwa  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha  

Standard Forms
Yorùbá  
Nepali  

Language Position
49  
36
59  
99+

Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language  
Signed Nepali  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
yo  
ne  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
yor  
nep  

ISO 639 2/B
yor  
nep  

ISO 639 3
yor  
npi  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
yoru1245  
nepa1254  

Linguasphere
No data available  
12  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Agglutinative  

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Yoruba and Nepali Language History

Comparison of Yoruba vs Nepali language history gives us differences between origin of Yoruba and Nepali language. History of Yoruba language states that this language originated in 4 BC whereas history of Nepali language states that this language originated in 19 BC. 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 Nepali Language History.

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

Yoruba vs Nepali Difficulty

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

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