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Yoruba vs Persian


Persian vs Yoruba


Countries

Countries
Benin, Nigeria   
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
3   
12

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

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

Alphabets
29   
11
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
6   
3

How Many Consonants
17   
7
23   
13

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Right-To-Left, 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   
سلام   

Thank You
e dupe   
متشکرم   

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   

Please
Jowo   
لطفا   

Sorry
binu   
متاسف   

Bye
bye   
خدا حافظ   

I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ   
من شما را دوست دارم   

Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara   
ببخشيد!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Itsekiri   
Western Persian   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
Iran, Iraq   

How Many People Speak
500,000.00   
34
47,000,000.00   
7

Dialect 2
Ede   
Dari Persian   

Where They Speak
Benin, Togo   
Afganistan   

How Many People Speak
800,000.00   
27
12,500,000.00   
7

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi   
Tajik Persian   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan   

How Many People Speak
10,000.00   
34
7,900,000.00   
6

Total No. Of Dialects
20   
18
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million   
36
65.00 million   
26

Speaking Population
0.42 %   
32
0.99 %   
20

Native Speakers
28.00 million   
29
65.00 million   
17

Native Name
Yorùbá   
فارسی   

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   

History

Origin
4 BC   
1500 BC   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Western Sudanic   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Kwa   
Iranian   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Persian and Middle Persian   

Standard Forms
Yorùbá   
Persian   

Language Position
49   
36
23   
19

Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language   
Persian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
yo   
fa   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
yor   
fas   

ISO 639 2/B
yor   
per   

ISO 639 3
yor   
pes   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
yoru1245   
fars1254   

Linguasphere
No data available   
58-AAC-c   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Synthetic   

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Yoruba and Persian Language History

Comparison of Yoruba vs Persian language history gives us differences between origin of Yoruba and Persian language. History of Yoruba language states that this language originated in 4 BC whereas history of Persian language states that this language originated in 1500 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 Persian Language History.

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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.

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