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Yoruba vs Oriya


Oriya vs Yoruba


Countries

Countries
Benin, Nigeria  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Nigeria  
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  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Yoruba Academy  
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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.
  
  • The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
  • Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
  

Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages  
Bengali and Assamese  

Derived From
-  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
42  
22

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
11  
8

How Many Consonants
17  
7
31  
21

Scripts
Latin  
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Ẹ n lẹ  
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)  

Thank You
e dupe  
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)  

How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa  
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)  

Good Night
Kasun layọ o  
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)  

Good Evening
ka a ale  
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)  

Good Afternoon
e kaasan  
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)  

Good Morning
e kaaro  
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)  

Please
Jowo  
ଦୟାକରି  

Sorry
binu  
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)  

Bye
bye  
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)  

I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ  
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)  

Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara  
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Itsekiri  
Baleswari  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
India  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
99+
33,800,000.00  
22

Dialect 2
Ede  
Ganjami  

Where They Speak
Benin, Togo  
India  

How Many People Speak
800,000.00  
99+
33,800,000.00  
20

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi  
Kosli  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
India  

How Many People Speak
10,000.00  
99+
520,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
33.00 million  
34

Speaking Population
0.42 %  
34
0.50 %  
31

Native Speakers
28.00 million  
29
33.00 million  
28

Second Language Speakers
30.00 million  
26
35.00 million  
24

Native Name
Yorùbá  
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)  

Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba  
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia  

French Name
yoruba  
oriya  

German Name
Yoruba-Sprache  
Oriya-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[jòɾùbá]  
[ˈoɽia]  

Ethnicity
Yoruba people  
Odias  

History

Origin
4 BC  
3 BC  

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  
Standard Odia  

Language Position
49  
99+
32  
30

Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language  
Indian Signing System  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
yo  
or  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
yor  
ori  

ISO 639 2/B
yor  
ori  

ISO 639 3
yor  
ori  

ISO 639 6
yor  
ori  

Glottocode
yoru1245  
macr1269  

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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Yoruba and Oriya Language History

Comparison of Yoruba vs Oriya language history gives us differences between origin of Yoruba and Oriya language. History of Yoruba language states that this language originated in 4 BC whereas history of Oriya language states that this language originated in 3 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 Yoruba and Oriya Language History.

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

Yoruba vs Oriya Difficulty

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

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