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Albanian vs Yoruba


Yoruba vs Albanian


Countries

Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe  
Benin, Nigeria  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe  
Nigeria  

Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa  

Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania  
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana  
Yoruba Academy  

Interesting Facts
  • Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
  • 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
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  • 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.
  

Similar To
Romanian  
Owo and Itsekiri languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36  
18
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
12  
9

How Many Consonants
29  
19
17  
7

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
30 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
Përshëndetje  
Ẹ n lẹ  

Thank You
Ju faleminderit  
e dupe  

How Are You?
Si jeni?  
Bawo ni o se wa  

Good Night
natën e mirë  
Kasun layọ o  

Good Evening
mirëmbrëma  
ka a ale  

Good Afternoon
mirëdita  
e kaasan  

Good Morning
mirëmengjes  
e kaaro  

Please
Ju lutem  
Jowo  

Sorry
Me fal  
binu  

Bye
mirupafshim  
bye  

I Love You
unë e dua ju  
mo nifẹ rẹ  

Excuse Me
Më falni  
mo tọrọ gafara  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian  
Itsekiri  

Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00  
99+
500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian  
Ede  

Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey  
Benin, Togo  

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00  
99+
800,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Arbëresh  
Ulukwumi  

Where They Speak
Italy  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
100,000.00  
99+
10,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
20  
18

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
0.42 %  
34

Native Speakers
3.10 million  
99+
28.00 million  
29

Second Language Speakers
3.60 million  
99+
30.00 million  
26

Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe  
Yorùbá  

Alternative Names
Shqip  
Yariba, Yooba  

French Name
albanais  
yoruba  

German Name
Albanisch  
Yoruba-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ʃcip]  
[jòɾùbá]  

Ethnicity
Albanians  
Yoruba people  

History

Origin
1462 AD  
4 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
-  
Western Sudanic  

Branch
-  
Kwa  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Albanian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Albanian  
Yorùbá  

Language Position
14  
13
49  
99+

Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)  
Yoruba Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sq  
yo  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sqi  
yor  

ISO 639 2/B
alb  
yor  

ISO 639 3
sqi  
yor  

ISO 639 6
sqi  
yor  

Glottocode
alba1267  
yoru1245  

Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Analytic, Isolating  

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Albanian and Yoruba Language History

Comparison of Albanian vs Yoruba language history gives us differences between origin of Albanian and Yoruba language. History of Albanian language states that this language originated in 1462 AD whereas history of Yoruba language states that this language originated in 4 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 Albanian and Yoruba Language History.

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

Albanian vs Yoruba Difficulty

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

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