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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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