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Yoruba vs Pashto


Pashto vs Yoruba


Countries

Countries
Benin, Nigeria  
Afganistan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Nigeria  
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora  

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  
Pakistan  

Regulated By
Yoruba Academy  
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)  

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.
  
  • Pashto language is originated in the regions of Paktika and Paktia areas of Afghanistan.
  • The first Pashto poem was written in the 7th century.
  

Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages  
Persian and Balochi Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
7  
4

How Many Consonants
17  
7
29  
19

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Right-To-Left, 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  
(salaam) سلام  

Thank You
e dupe  
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر  

How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa  
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟  

Good Night
Kasun layọ o  
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير  

Good Evening
ka a ale  
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير  

Good Afternoon
e kaasan  
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير  

Good Morning
e kaaro  
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير‏  

Please
Jowo  
(lotfan) لطفا  

Sorry
binu  
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم  

Bye
bye  
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان  

I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ  
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)  

Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara  
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Itsekiri  
Central Pashto  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Afganistan, Pakistan  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
34
6,500,000.00  
14

Dialect 2
Ede  
Northern Pashto  

Where They Speak
Benin, Togo  
Afganistan, Pakistan  

How Many People Speak
800,000.00  
27
21,000,000.00  
4

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi  
Wanetsi  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Afganistan, Pakistan  

How Many People Speak
10,000.00  
34
95,000.00  
29

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
21  
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
60.00 million  
27

Speaking Population
0.42 %  
32
0.58 %  
26

Native Speakers
28.00 million  
29
60.00 million  
20

Native Name
Yorùbá  
(paṧto) پښتو  

Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba  
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto  

French Name
yoruba  
pachto  

German Name
Yoruba-Sprache  
Paschtu  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]  

Ethnicity
Yoruba people  
Pashtun  

History

Origin
4 BC  
1651  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Western Sudanic  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Kwa  
Iranian  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Yorùbá  
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto  

Language Position
49  
36
82  
99+

Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
yo  
ps  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
yor  
pus  

ISO 639 2/B
yor  
pus  

ISO 639 3
yor  
pus  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
yoru1245  
pash1269  

Linguasphere
No data available  
58-ABD-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Fusional  

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Yoruba and Pashto Language History

Comparison of Yoruba vs Pashto language history gives us differences between origin of Yoruba and Pashto language. History of Yoruba language states that this language originated in 4 BC whereas history of Pashto language states that this language originated in 1651. 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 Pashto Language History.

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

Yoruba vs Pashto Difficulty

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

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