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Yoruba vs Oriya


Oriya vs Yoruba


Countries

Countries
Benin, Nigeria   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Nigeria   
India   

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   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Yoruba Academy   
Not Available   

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.
  
  • The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
  • Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
  

Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages   
Bengali and Assamese   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
42   
22

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
11   
8

How Many Consonants
17   
7
31   
21

Scripts
Latin   
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Ẹ n lẹ   
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)   

Thank You
e dupe   
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)   

How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa   
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)   

Good Night
Kasun layọ o   
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)   

Good Evening
ka a ale   
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)   

Good Afternoon
e kaasan   
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)   

Good Morning
e kaaro   
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)   

Please
Jowo   
Not Available   

Sorry
binu   
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)   

Bye
bye   
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)   

I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ   
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)   

Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara   
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Itsekiri   
Baleswari   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
India   

How Many People Speak
500,000.00   
34
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Ede   
Ganjami   

Where They Speak
Benin, Togo   
India   

How Many People Speak
800,000.00   
27
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi   
Kosli   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
India   

How Many People Speak
10,000.00   
34
520,000.00   
21

Total No. Of Dialects
20   
18
8   
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million   
36
33.00 million   
34

Speaking Population
0.42 %   
32
0.50 %   
29

Native Speakers
28.00 million   
29
33.00 million   
28

Native Name
Yorùbá   
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)   

Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba   
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia   

French Name
yoruba   
oriya   

German Name
Yoruba-Sprache   
Oriya-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈoɽia]   

Ethnicity
Yoruba people   
Odias   

History

Origin
4 BC   
3 BC   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Western Sudanic   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Kwa   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Yorùbá   
Standard Odia   

Language Position
49   
36
32   
26

Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language   
Indian Signing System   

Scope
Individual   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
yo   
or   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
yor   
ori   

ISO 639 2/B
yor   
ori   

ISO 639 3
yor   
ori   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
yoru1245   
macr1269   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Not Available   

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Yoruba and Oriya Language History

Comparison of Yoruba vs Oriya language history gives us differences between origin of Yoruba and Oriya language. History of Yoruba language states that this language originated in 4 BC whereas history of Oriya language states that this language originated in 3 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 Oriya Language History.

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

Yoruba vs Oriya Difficulty

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

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