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Yoruba vs Uyghur


Uyghur vs Yoruba


Countries

Countries
Benin, Nigeria   
China   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Nigeria   
China   

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   
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan   

Regulated By
Yoruba Academy   
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region   

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.
  
  • Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
  • Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
  

Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages   
Uzbek Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Gokturk Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
36   
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
9   
6

How Many Consonants
17   
7
27   
17

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Ẹ n lẹ   
Ässalamu läykum.   

Thank You
e dupe   
rakhmat   

How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa   
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?   

Good Night
Kasun layọ o   
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun   

Good Evening
ka a ale   
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!   

Good Afternoon
e kaasan   
Not Available   

Good Morning
e kaaro   
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!   

Please
Jowo   
birdam   

Sorry
binu   
kachurung   

Bye
bye   
Khayr khosh   

I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ   
sizni yahshi kOrman   

Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara   
Kachurung   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Itsekiri   
Turpan   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
China   

How Many People Speak
500,000.00   
34
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Ede   
Hotan   

Where They Speak
Benin, Togo   
China   

How Many People Speak
800,000.00   
27
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi   
Lop Nur   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
China   

How Many People Speak
10,000.00   
34
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
20   
18
7   
7

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million   
36
10.40 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.42 %   
32
0.12 %   
99+

Native Speakers
28.00 million   
29
8.20 million   
99+

Native Name
Yorùbá   
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)   

Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba   
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga   

French Name
yoruba   
ouïgour   

German Name
Yoruba-Sprache   
Uigurisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]   

Ethnicity
Yoruba people   
Uyghur   

History

Origin
4 BC   
11   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Turkic Family   

Subgroup
Western Sudanic   
Not Available   

Branch
Kwa   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki   

Standard Forms
Yorùbá   
Uyghur   

Language Position
49   
36
98   
99+

Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
yo   
ug   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
yor   
uig   

ISO 639 2/B
yor   
uig   

ISO 639 3
yor   
uig   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
yoru1245   
uigh1240   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Not Available   

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Yoruba and Uyghur Language History

Comparison of Yoruba vs Uyghur language history gives us differences between origin of Yoruba and Uyghur language. History of Yoruba language states that this language originated in 4 BC whereas history of Uyghur language states that this language originated in 11. 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 Uyghur Language History.

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

Yoruba vs Uyghur Difficulty

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

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