Persian

Yoruba

Persian and Yoruba

Persian

Yoruba

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Countries

Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan

Benin, Nigeria

Total No. Of Countries

0 46

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National Language

Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan

Nigeria

Second Language

Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka

Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Asia

Africa

Minority Language

Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates

Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America

Regulated By

Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan

Yoruba Academy

Interesting Facts

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.

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

Pashto and Balochi Languages

Owo and Itsekiri languages

Derived From

Arabic Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3229

18 247

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Phonology

How Many Vowels

612

0 32

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How Many Consonants

2317

9 60

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Scripts

Arabic

Latin

Writing Direction

Right-To-Left, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

2 12

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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks30 weeks

3 88

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Greetings

Hello

سلام

Ẹ n lẹ

Thank You

متشکرم

e dupe

How Are You?

چطور هستید?

Bawo ni o se wa

Good Night

شب بخیر

Kasun layọ o

Good Evening

عصر بخیر

ka a ale

Good Afternoon

بعد از ظهر بخیر

e kaasan

Good Morning

صبح به خیر

e kaaro

Please

لطفا

Jowo

Sorry

متاسف

binu

Bye

خدا حافظ

bye

I Love You

من شما را دوست دارم

mo nifẹ rẹ

Excuse Me

ببخشيد!

mo tọrọ gafara

Dialects

Dialect 1

Western Persian

Itsekiri

Where They Speak

Iran, Iraq

Nigeria

How Many People Speak

47,000,000.00500,000.00

1.5 960000000

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Dialect 2

Dari Persian

Ede

Where They Speak

Afganistan

Benin, Togo

How Many People Speak

12,500,000.00800,000.00

700 274000000

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Dialect 3

Tajik Persian

Ulukwumi

Where They Speak

Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan

Nigeria

How Many People Speak

7,900,000.0010,000.00

2 230000000

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Total No. Of Dialects

1220

0 188

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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

65.00 million30.00 million

0 1200

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Speaking Population

0.99 %0.42 %

0 89

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Native Speakers

65.00 million28.00 million

0 873

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Second Language Speakers

110.00 million30.00 million

0.01 400

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Native Name

فارسی

Yorùbá

Alternative Names

New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian

Yariba, Yooba

French Name

persan

yoruba

German Name

Persisch

Yoruba-Sprache

Pronunciation

[fɒːɾˈsiː]

[jòɾùbá]

Ethnicity

Persian people

Yoruba people

History

Origin

1500 BC

4 BC

Language Family

Indo-European Family

Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

Indo-Iranian

Western Sudanic

Branch

Iranian

Kwa

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Persian and Middle Persian

No early forms

Standard Forms

Persian

Yorùbá

Language Position

2349

1 120

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Signed Forms

Persian Sign Language

Yoruba Sign Language

Scope

Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

fas

yor

ISO 639 2/B

per

yor

ISO 639 3

pes

yor

ISO 639 6

pers

yor

Glottocode

fars1254

yoru1245

Linguasphere

58-AAC-c

No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb

Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Synthetic

Analytic, Isolating

Persian and Yoruba Alphabets

Persian and Yoruba Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Persian and Yoruba. In Persian Alphabets there are 32 letters while in Yoruba Alphabets there are 29 letters. To learn Persian and Yoruba languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Persian and Yoruba languages. The Persian phonology consist Persian vowels and Persian consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Persian greetings vs Yoruba greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Persian and Yoruba are Most Spoken Languages.

All Persian and Yoruba Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Persian and Yoruba dialects. Various dialects of Persian and Yoruba language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Persian are spoken in different Persian Speaking Countries whereas Yoruba Dialects are spoken in different Yoruba speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Persian vs Yoruba Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Persian dialects include: Western Persian, Dari Persian. Yoruba dialects include: Itsekiri , Ede. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Persian and Yoruba Speaking population

Persian and Yoruba speaking population is one of the factors based on which Persian and Yoruba languages can be compared. The total count of Persian and Yoruba Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Persian and Yoruba on Persian vs Yoruba where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Persian and Yoruba Language Codes

Persian and Yoruba language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Persian and Yoruba Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.