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Yoruba vs Sindhi


Sindhi vs Yoruba


Countries

Countries
Benin, Nigeria  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Nigeria  
India, Pakistan, Sindh  

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  
National Council For Promotion Of Sindhi Language, Sindhi Language Authority  

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 first writings of Sindhi language were found in 8th century CE.
  • In Sindhi language, every woord ends in a vowel.
  

Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages  
Gujarati  

Derived From
-  
Prakrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
64  
37

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
10  
7

How Many Consonants
17  
7
42  
31

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic, Devanagari  

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  
Assalam O Alaikum  

Thank You
e dupe  
Meharbani  

How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa  
Kehra haal aahin  

Good Night
Kasun layọ o  
tava kia aayo  

Good Evening
ka a ale  
Sham Jo Salam  

Good Afternoon
e kaasan  
Assalam o Alaikum  

Good Morning
e kaaro  
Subho Bakhair  

Please
Jowo  
Mehrbani  

Sorry
binu  
Moon khe afsos aahe  

Bye
bye  
Allah Wahi  

I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ  
Man tokhe prem karyan ti  

Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara  
Maaf Kajo  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Itsekiri  
Siraiki  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Upper Sindh  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
99+
25,000,000.00  
26

Dialect 2
Ede  
Vicholi  

Where They Speak
Benin, Togo  
Central Sindh  

How Many People Speak
800,000.00  
99+
25,000,000.00  
23

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi  
Lari  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Lower Sindh  

How Many People Speak
10,000.00  
99+
25.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
29.00 million  
37

Speaking Population
0.42 %  
34
0.39 %  
36

Native Speakers
28.00 million  
29
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
30.00 million  
26
25.00 million  
27

Native Name
Yorùbá  
سنڌي  

Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba  
Sindhi  

French Name
yoruba  
sindhi  

German Name
Yoruba-Sprache  
Sindhi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[jòɾùbá]  
[sɪndi]  

Ethnicity
Yoruba people  
Sindhi people  

History

Origin
4 BC  
711 A.D  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Western Sudanic  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Kwa  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Sindhi and Middle Sindhi  

Standard Forms
Yorùbá  
Sindhi  

Language Position
49  
99+
50  
99+

Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language  
Signed Sindhi  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
yo  
sd  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
yor  
snd  

ISO 639 2/B
yor  
snd  

ISO 639 3
yor  
snd  

ISO 639 6
yor  
snd  

Glottocode
yoru1245  
sind1272  

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 Sindhi Language History

Comparison of Yoruba vs Sindhi language history gives us differences between origin of Yoruba and Sindhi language. History of Yoruba language states that this language originated in 4 BC whereas history of Sindhi language states that this language originated in 711 A.D. 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 Sindhi Language History.

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

Yoruba vs Sindhi Difficulty

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

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