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Yoruba vs Marwari


Marwari vs Yoruba


Countries

Countries
Benin, Nigeria  
Rajastan, India  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Nigeria  
Rajastan, India  

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  
Nepal, Pakistan  

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

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

Derived From
-  
Gujarati Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
42  
22

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
10  
7

How Many Consonants
17  
7
32  
22

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Ẹ n lẹ  
khammaghani  

Thank You
e dupe  
dhanyavaad  

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

Good Night
Kasun layọ o  
shubh raatri  

Good Evening
ka a ale  
Shubh Honjh  

Good Afternoon
e kaasan  
Shubh Befar  

Good Morning
e kaaro  
Shubh Havar  

Please
Jowo  
kirpa  

Sorry
binu  
Maaf Karo  

Bye
bye  
bye  

I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ  
main tanne pyaar karoon  

Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara  
maaf karo  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Itsekiri  
Jogi  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
India  

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

Dialect 2
Ede  
Bagri  

Where They Speak
Benin, Togo  
India  

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

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi  
Dhundhari  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
India  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
8  
8

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.42 %  
34
0.21 %  
99+

Native Speakers
28.00 million  
29
14.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
30.00 million  
26
13.00 million  
37

Native Name
Yorùbá  
Marwari  

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

French Name
yoruba  
marvari  

German Name
Yoruba-Sprache  
Marwari  

Pronunciation
[jòɾùbá]  
[məˈrwɑːɾi]  

Ethnicity
Yoruba people  
Marwari or Marwadi  

History

Origin
4 BC  
16  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Western Sudanic  
-  

Branch
Kwa  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Yorùbá  
Marwari  

Language Position
49  
99+
72  
99+

Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
yo  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
yor  
mwr  

ISO 639 2/B
yor  
mwr  

ISO 639 3
yor  
mwr  

ISO 639 6
yor  
mwr  

Glottocode
yoru1245  
raja1256  

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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Yoruba and Marwari Language History

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

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

Yoruba vs Marwari Difficulty

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

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