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Romanian vs Yoruba


Yoruba vs Romanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine  
Benin, Nigeria  

Total No. Of Countries
6  
9
2  
13

National Language
Moldova, Romania  
Nigeria  

Second Language
Kazakhstan, Russia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Africa  

Minority Language
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine  
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Regulated By
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li  
Yoruba Academy  

Interesting Facts
  • Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
  • The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  
  • 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
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.  
Owo and Itsekiri languages  

Derived From
Latin  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31  
13
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
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
24 weeks  
6
30 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
alo  
Ẹ n lẹ  

Thank You
multumesc  
e dupe  

How Are You?
ce mai faci?  
Bawo ni o se wa  

Good Night
noapte Buna  
Kasun layọ o  

Good Evening
buna Seara  
ka a ale  

Good Afternoon
buna Ziua  
e kaasan  

Good Morning
bună Dimineața  
e kaaro  

Please
Vă Rog  
Jowo  

Sorry
scuze  
binu  

Bye
La revedere  
bye  

I Love You
Te iubesc  
mo nifẹ rẹ  

Excuse Me
Scuza-Ma  
mo tọrọ gafara  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Aromanian  
Itsekiri  

Where They Speak
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
250,000.00  
99+
500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian  
Ede  

Where They Speak
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey  
Benin, Togo  

How Many People Speak
5,000.00  
99+
800,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian  
Ulukwumi  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
1,400.00  
99+
10,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
20  
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million  
38
30.00 million  
36

Speaking Population
0.37 %  
37
0.42 %  
34

Native Speakers
24.00 million  
33
28.00 million  
29

Second Language Speakers
4.00 million  
99+
30.00 million  
26

Native Name
Română  
Yorùbá  

Alternative Names
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian  
Yariba, Yooba  

French Name
roumain; moldave  
yoruba  

German Name
Rumänisch  
Yoruba-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[roˈmɨnə]  
[jòɾùbá]  

Ethnicity
Romanians  
Yoruba people  

History

Origin
1521  
4 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
-  
Western Sudanic  

Branch
-  
Kwa  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Romanian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Romanian  
Yorùbá  

Language Position
36  
33
49  
99+

Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language  
Yoruba Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ro  
yo  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ron  
yor  

ISO 639 2/B
rum  
yor  

ISO 639 3
ron  
yor  

ISO 639 6
ron  
yor  

Glottocode
roma1327  
yoru1245  

Linguasphere
51-AAD-c  
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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Romanian and Yoruba Language History

Comparison of Romanian vs Yoruba language history gives us differences between origin of Romanian and Yoruba language. History of Romanian language states that this language originated in 1521 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 Romanian and Yoruba Language History.

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

Romanian vs Yoruba Difficulty

The Romanian vs Yoruba difficulty level basically depends on the number of Romanian 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 Romanian and Yoruba are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Romanian and Yoruba, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Romanian is 24 weeks while to learn Yoruba time required is 30 weeks.

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