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Yoruba vs Uzbek


Uzbek vs Yoruba


Countries

Countries
Benin, Nigeria  
Turkey, Uzbekistan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Nigeria  
Afganistan, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Middle East  

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.
  
  • Uzbek is officially written in the Latin script, but many people still use Cyrillic script.
  • In Uzbek language, there are many loanwords from Russian, Arabic and Persian.
  

Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages  
Kazakh and Uyghur Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
9  
6

How Many Consonants
17  
7
24  
14

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Ẹ n lẹ  
Salom  

Thank You
e dupe  
Rakhmat  

How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa  
Qalay siz?  

Good Night
Kasun layọ o  
Hayirli tun  

Good Evening
ka a ale  
Hayirli kech  

Good Afternoon
e kaasan  
Hayirli kun  

Good Morning
e kaaro  
Hayirli tong  

Please
Jowo  
Iltimos  

Sorry
binu  
Kechiring!  

Bye
bye  
Xayr  

I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ  
Sizni sevaman  

Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara  
Iltimos! Menga qarang  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Itsekiri  
Tashkent  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
-  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
99+
32,000,000.00  
23

Dialect 2
Ede  
Afghan  

Where They Speak
Benin, Togo  
-  

How Many People Speak
800,000.00  
99+
32,000,000.00  
21

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi  
Ferghana  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
-  

How Many People Speak
10,000.00  
99+
32,000,000.00  
18

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
0.42 %  
34
0.39 %  
36

Native Speakers
28.00 million  
29
26.00 million  
31

Second Language Speakers
30.00 million  
26
32.00 million  
25

Native Name
Yorùbá  
أۇزبېك ﺗﻴﻠی o'zbek tili ўзбек тили (o‘zbek tili)  

Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba  
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet  

French Name
yoruba  
ouszbek  

German Name
Yoruba-Sprache  
Usbekisch  

Pronunciation
[jòɾùbá]  
[oʻzbek]  

Ethnicity
Yoruba people  
Uzbek  

History

Origin
4 BC  
9th–12th centuries AD  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Turkic Family  

Subgroup
Western Sudanic  
Turkic  

Branch
Kwa  
Southestern(Chagatai)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Chagatay  

Standard Forms
Yorùbá  
Uzbek  

Language Position
49  
99+
53  
99+

Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language  
Signed Uzbek  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
yo  
uz  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
yor  
uzb  

ISO 639 2/B
yor  
uzb  

ISO 639 3
yor  
uzb  

ISO 639 6
yor  
uzb  

Glottocode
yoru1245  
uzbe1247  

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 Uzbek Language History

Comparison of Yoruba vs Uzbek language history gives us differences between origin of Yoruba and Uzbek language. History of Yoruba language states that this language originated in 4 BC whereas history of Uzbek language states that this language originated in 9th–12th centuries AD. 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 Uzbek Language History.

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

Yoruba vs Uzbek Difficulty

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

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