Countries
Armenian Highland
Benin, Nigeria
National Language
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
Nigeria
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
Regulated By
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
Yoruba Academy
Interesting Facts
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
- 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
Greek
Owo and Itsekiri languages
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Armenian manuscript
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Hello
Բարեւ (Barev)
Ẹ n lẹ
Thank You
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
e dupe
How Are You?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
Bawo ni o se wa
Good Night
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
Kasun layọ o
Good Evening
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
ka a ale
Good Afternoon
Բարի օր (Bari or)
e kaasan
Good Morning
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
e kaaro
Please
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
Jowo
Sorry
կներեք (knerek’)
binu
I Love You
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
mo nifẹ rẹ
Excuse Me
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
mo tọrọ gafara
Dialect 1
Eastern Armenian
Itsekiri
Where They Speak
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
Nigeria
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Western Armenian
Ede
Where They Speak
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
Benin, Togo
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Not Applicable
Ulukwumi
Where They Speak
Not Applicable
Nigeria
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
Yorùbá
Alternative Names
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
Yariba, Yooba
French Name
arménien
yoruba
German Name
Armenisch
Yoruba-Sprache
Pronunciation
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Armenians
Yoruba people
Origin
late 5th century
4 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Western Sudanic
Early Forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
Yorùbá
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Yoruba Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
arme1241
yoru1245
Linguasphere
57-AAA-a
No data available
Language Type
Not Available
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Analytic, Isolating
Armenian 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 Armenian and Yoruba greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Armenian and Yoruba language. Armenian word for "Hello" is Բարեւ (Barev) or Yoruba word for "Thank You" is e dupe. Find more of such common Armenian Greetings and Yoruba Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Armenian vs Yoruba Difficulty
The Armenian vs Yoruba difficulty level basically depends on the number of Armenian 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 Armenian and Yoruba are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Armenian and Yoruba, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Armenian is 44 weeks while to learn Yoruba time required is 30 weeks.