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Lithuanian vs Yoruba


Yoruba vs Lithuanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Lithuania  
Benin, Nigeria  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Lithuania  
Nigeria  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa  

Minority Language
Poland  
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Regulated By
Commission of the Lithuanian Language  
Yoruba Academy  

Interesting Facts
  • Lithuanian has many loanwords that originate from Slavic, Germanic and other Baltic languages.
  • "Catheciusmus" is the oldest known book in Lithuanian language in 1547.
  
  • 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
Latvian  
Owo and Itsekiri languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Lithuanian-Alpahbets.jpg#200  
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200  

Alphabets
32  
14
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
12  
9

How Many Consonants
20  
10
17  
7

Scripts
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
Sveiki  
Ẹ n lẹ  

Thank You
Ačiū  
e dupe  

How Are You?
Kaip sekasi?  
Bawo ni o se wa  

Good Night
Labanakt  
Kasun layọ o  

Good Evening
Labas vakaras  
ka a ale  

Good Afternoon
Laba diena  
e kaasan  

Good Morning
Labas rytas  
e kaaro  

Please
Prašom  
Jowo  

Sorry
atsiprašau  
binu  

Bye
Ate  
bye  

I Love You
Aš myliu tave  
mo nifẹ rẹ  

Excuse Me
Atsiprašau  
mo tọrọ gafara  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Samogitian  
Itsekiri  

Where They Speak
Lithuania  
Nigeria  

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

Dialect 2
Aukštaitian  
Ede  

Where They Speak
Lithuania  
Benin, Togo  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
800,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Curonian  
Ulukwumi  

Where They Speak
Lithuania  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
10,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
20  
18

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
0.42 %  
34

Native Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
28.00 million  
29

Second Language Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
30.00 million  
26

Native Name
lietuvių kalba  
Yorùbá  

Alternative Names
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy  
Yariba, Yooba  

French Name
lituanien  
yoruba  

German Name
Litauisch  
Yoruba-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ˌlɪθuˈeɪniən]  
[jòɾùbá]  

Ethnicity
Lithuanians  
Yoruba people  

History

Origin
c. 1503  
4 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
-  
Western Sudanic  

Branch
Baltic  
Kwa  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Lithuanian  
Yorùbá  

Language Position
44  
99+
49  
99+

Signed Forms
Lithuanian Sign Language  
Yoruba Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
lt  
yo  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lit  
yor  

ISO 639 2/B
lit  
yor  

ISO 639 3
lit  
yor  

ISO 639 6
lit  
yor  

Glottocode
lith1251  
yoru1245  

Linguasphere
54-AAA-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Analytic, Isolating  

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Lithuanian and Yoruba Language History

Comparison of Lithuanian vs Yoruba language history gives us differences between origin of Lithuanian and Yoruba language. History of Lithuanian language states that this language originated in c. 1503 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 Lithuanian and Yoruba Language History.

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

Lithuanian vs Yoruba Difficulty

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

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