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Greek vs Yoruba


Yoruba vs Greek


Countries

Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece  
Benin, Nigeria  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
2  
13

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
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200  

Alphabets
24  
6
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
12  
9

How Many Consonants
17  
7
17  
7

Scripts
Arabic, Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
30 weeks  
10

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
2,800.00  
99+
500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Griko  
Ede  

Where They Speak
Italy  
Benin, Togo  

How Many People Speak
50,000.00  
99+
800,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Mariupol  
Ulukwumi  

Where They Speak
Ukraine  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
28
10,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
20  
18

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.18 %  
99+
0.42 %  
34

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
28.00 million  
29

Second Language Speakers
13.00 million  
37
30.00 million  
26

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
74  
99+
49  
99+

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  

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Greek and Yoruba Language History

Comparison of Greek vs Yoruba language history gives us differences between origin of Greek and Yoruba language. History of Greek language states that this language originated in 1500 BC 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 Greek and Yoruba Language History.

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

Greek vs Yoruba Difficulty

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

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