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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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