Countries
Benin, Nigeria
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
National Language
Nigeria
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Regulated By
Yoruba Academy
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
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.
- In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
- Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages
Pashto and Balochi Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa
چطور هستید?
Good Night
Kasun layọ o
شب بخیر
Good Evening
ka a ale
عصر بخیر
Good Afternoon
e kaasan
بعد از ظهر بخیر
Good Morning
e kaaro
صبح به خیر
I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ
من شما را دوست دارم
Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara
ببخشيد!
Dialect 1
Itsekiri
Western Persian
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Iran, Iraq
Dialect 2
Ede
Dari Persian
Where They Speak
Benin, Togo
Afganistan
Dialect 3
Ulukwumi
Tajik Persian
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
French Name
yoruba
persan
German Name
Yoruba-Sprache
Persisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
Ethnicity
Yoruba people
Persian people
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Western Sudanic
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian
Standard Forms
Yorùbá
Persian
Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language
Persian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
yoru1245
fars1254
Linguasphere
No data available
58-AAC-c
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Synthetic
Yoruba and Persian 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 Persian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Yoruba and Persian language. Yoruba word for "Hello" is Ẹ n lẹ or Persian word for "Thank You" is متشکرم. Find more of such common Yoruba Greetings and Persian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Yoruba vs Persian Difficulty
The Yoruba vs Persian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Yoruba Alphabets and Persian 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 Persian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Yoruba and Persian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Yoruba is 30 weeks while to learn Persian time required is 44 weeks.