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Countries

Countries

Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Benin, Nigeria

Total No. Of Countries

32
0 46
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National Language

Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Nigeria

Second Language

Roman Empire
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Asia, Europe
Africa

Minority Language

Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America

Regulated By

Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Yoruba Academy

Interesting Facts

  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  • 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

Armenian
Owo and Itsekiri languages

Derived From

Latin
-

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2429
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

712
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1717
9 60
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Scripts

Arabic, Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

63
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks30 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

γεια σας (geia sas)
Ẹ n lẹ

Thank You

ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
e dupe

How Are You?

πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Bawo ni o se wa

Good Night

Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Kasun layọ o

Good Evening

καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
ka a ale

Good Afternoon

Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
e kaasan

Good Morning

καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
e kaaro

Please

παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Jowo

Sorry

συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
binu

Bye

αντίο (antío)
bye

I Love You

Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
mo nifẹ rẹ

Excuse Me

Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
mo tọrọ gafara

Dialects

Dialect 1

Cappadocian Greek
Itsekiri

Where They Speak

Greece
Nigeria

How Many People Speak

2,800.00500,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Griko
Ede

Where They Speak

Italy
Benin, Togo

How Many People Speak

50,000.00800,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Mariupol
Ulukwumi

Where They Speak

Ukraine
Nigeria

How Many People Speak

13,000,000.0010,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

2520
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

13.00 million30.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.18 %0.42 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

13.00 million28.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

13.00 million30.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

ελληνικά
Yorùbá

Alternative Names

Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Yariba, Yooba

French Name

grec moderne (après 1453)
yoruba

German Name

Neugriechisch
Yoruba-Sprache

Pronunciation

[eliniˈka]
[jòɾùbá]

Ethnicity

Greeks or Hellenes
Yoruba people

History

Origin

1500 BC
4 BC

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

Hellenic
Western Sudanic

Branch

-
Kwa

Language Forms

Early Forms

Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
No early forms

Standard Forms

Modern Greek
Yorùbá

Language Position

7449
1 120
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Signed Forms

Greek Sign Language
Yoruba Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

el
yo

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ell
yor

ISO 639 2/B

gre
yor

ISO 639 3

ell
yor

ISO 639 6

ells
yor

Glottocode

gree1276
yoru1245

Linguasphere

56-AAA-a
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
Analytic, Isolating

Greek and Yoruba Alphabets

Greek and Yoruba Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Greek and Yoruba. In Greek Alphabets there are 24 letters while in Yoruba Alphabets there are 29 letters. To learn Greek and Yoruba languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Greek and Yoruba languages. The Greek phonology consist Greek vowels and Greek consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Greek greetings vs Yoruba greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Greek and Yoruba are Most Spoken Languages.

All Greek and Yoruba Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Greek and Yoruba dialects. Various dialects of Greek and Yoruba language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Greek are spoken in different Greek Speaking Countries whereas Yoruba Dialects are spoken in different Yoruba speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Greek vs Yoruba Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Greek dialects include: Cappadocian Greek, Griko. Yoruba dialects include: Itsekiri , Ede. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Greek and Yoruba Speaking population

Greek and Yoruba speaking population is one of the factors based on which Greek and Yoruba languages can be compared. The total count of Greek and Yoruba Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Greek and Yoruba on Greek vs Yoruba where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Greek and Yoruba Language Codes

Greek and Yoruba language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Greek and Yoruba Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.