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Marwari vs Yoruba


Yoruba vs Marwari


Countries

Countries
Rajastan, India  
Benin, Nigeria  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Rajastan, India  
Nigeria  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
Nepal, Pakistan  
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Regulated By
-  
Yoruba Academy  

Interesting Facts
  • Marwari language was historically written in Mahajani, which is version of the Landa script.
  • Marwari language is written in Arabic Alphabets in Pakistan.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Gujarati, Haryanvi, Hindi and Punjabi Languages  
Owo and Itsekiri languages  

Derived From
Gujarati Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
42  
22
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
12  
9

How Many Consonants
32  
22
17  
7

Scripts
Devanagari  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
30 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
khammaghani  
Ẹ n lẹ  

Thank You
dhanyavaad  
e dupe  

How Are You?
Kikan ho sa?  
Bawo ni o se wa  

Good Night
shubh raatri  
Kasun layọ o  

Good Evening
Shubh Honjh  
ka a ale  

Good Afternoon
Shubh Befar  
e kaasan  

Good Morning
Shubh Havar  
e kaaro  

Please
kirpa  
Jowo  

Sorry
Maaf Karo  
binu  

Bye
bye  
bye  

I Love You
main tanne pyaar karoon  
mo nifẹ rẹ  

Excuse Me
maaf karo  
mo tọrọ gafara  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jogi  
Itsekiri  

Where They Speak
India  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
14,000,000.00  
33
500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Bagri  
Ede  

Where They Speak
India  
Benin, Togo  

How Many People Speak
14,000,000.00  
31
800,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Dhundhari  
Ulukwumi  

Where They Speak
India  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
28
10,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
20  
18

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.21 %  
99+
0.42 %  
34

Native Speakers
14.00 million  
99+
28.00 million  
29

Second Language Speakers
13.00 million  
37
30.00 million  
26

Native Name
Marwari  
Yorùbá  

Alternative Names
Marvadi, Marvari, Marwadi, Rajasthani  
Yariba, Yooba  

French Name
marvari  
yoruba  

German Name
Marwari  
Yoruba-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[məˈrwɑːɾi]  
[jòɾùbá]  

Ethnicity
Marwari or Marwadi  
Yoruba people  

History

Origin
16  
4 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
-  
Western Sudanic  

Branch
-  
Kwa  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Marwari  
Yorùbá  

Language Position
72  
99+
49  
99+

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)  
Yoruba Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
yo  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mwr  
yor  

ISO 639 2/B
mwr  
yor  

ISO 639 3
mwr  
yor  

ISO 639 6
mwr  
yor  

Glottocode
raja1256  
yoru1245  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Analytic, Isolating  

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Marwari and Yoruba Language History

Comparison of Marwari vs Yoruba language history gives us differences between origin of Marwari and Yoruba language. History of Marwari language states that this language originated in 16 whereas history of Yoruba language states that this language originated in 4 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 Marwari and Yoruba Language History.

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

Marwari vs Yoruba Difficulty

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

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