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Yoruba and Kashmiri


Kashmiri and Yoruba


Countries

Countries
Benin, Nigeria  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Nigeria  
India, Pakistan  

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  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Yoruba Academy  
-  

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.
  
  • Kashmiri is the only Daridc language with literature which was originated more than seven hundred and fifty years ago.
  • Kashmiri has thousands of loan words from Persian and Arabic Languages.
  

Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages  
Hindi and Urdu Languages  

Derived From
-  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
17  
14

How Many Consonants
17  
7
27  
17

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script  

Writing Direction
-  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Ẹ n lẹ  
Assalām ‘alaikum  

Thank You
e dupe  
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)  

How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa  
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)  

Good Night
Kasun layọ o  
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)  

Good Evening
ka a ale  
سہا مسا  

Good Afternoon
e kaasan  
Hach t'ochoktiya  

Good Morning
e kaaro  
Hach ch'i  

Please
Jowo  
مهربانی کر  

Sorry
binu  
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)  

Bye
bye  
Khuda hāfiz  

I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ  
be chus che seth mohabat karaan  

Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara  
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Itsekiri  
Kashtawari  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Ede  
Poguli  

Where They Speak
Benin, Togo  
Pogul and Paristan valleys  

How Many People Speak
800,000.00  
99+
6,100,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi  
Rambani  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
India  

How Many People Speak
10,000.00  
99+
5,600,000.00  
36

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.42 %  
34
0.05 %  
99+

Native Speakers
28.00 million  
29
5.42 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
30.00 million  
26
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Yorùbá  
कॉशुर / كٲشُر  

Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba  
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur  

French Name
yoruba  
kashmiri  

German Name
Yoruba-Sprache  
Kaschmiri  

Pronunciation
[jòɾùbá]  
[kəːʃur]  

Ethnicity
Yoruba people  
Kashmiris or koshur  

History

Origin
4 BC  
12th Century  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Western Sudanic  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Kwa  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Yorùbá  
Kashmiri  

Language Position
49  
99+
23  
21

Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
yo  
ks  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
yor  
kas  

ISO 639 2/B
yor  
kas  

ISO 639 3
yor  
kas  

ISO 639 6
yor  
kas  

Glottocode
yoru1245  
kash1277  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
-  

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All Yoruba and Kashmiri 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 Yoruba and Kashmiri dialects. Various dialects of Yoruba and Kashmiri language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Yoruba are spoken in different Yoruba Speaking Countries whereas Kashmiri Dialects are spoken in different Kashmiri speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Yoruba vs Kashmiri Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Yoruba dialects include: Itsekiri, Ede. Kashmiri dialects include: Kashtawari , Poguli. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Yoruba and Kashmiri Speaking population

Yoruba and Kashmiri speaking population is one of the factors based on which Yoruba and Kashmiri languages can be compared. The total count of Yoruba and Kashmiri Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Kashmiri language is 0.05 %. 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 Yoruba and Kashmiri on Yoruba vs Kashmiri where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Yoruba and Kashmiri Language Codes

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

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