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Countries

Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan  
Benin, Nigeria  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
2  
13

National Language
Russia  
Nigeria  

Second Language
Afganistan  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Africa  

Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences  
Yoruba Academy  

Interesting Facts
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  
  • 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
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages  
Owo and Itsekiri languages  

Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
12  
9

How Many Consonants
21  
11
17  
7

Scripts
Cyrillic  
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
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)  
Ẹ n lẹ  

Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)  
e dupe  

How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)  
Bawo ni o se wa  

Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)  
Kasun layọ o  

Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)  
ka a ale  

Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')  
e kaasan  

Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)  
e kaaro  

Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)  
Jowo  

Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)  
binu  

Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)  
bye  

I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)  
mo nifẹ rẹ  

Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)  
mo tọrọ gafara  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian  
Itsekiri  

Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Olonets  
Ede  

Where They Speak
Olonets  
Benin, Togo  

How Many People Speak
154,000,000.00  
2
800,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Novgorod  
Ulukwumi  

Where They Speak
Novgorod  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
154,000,000.00  
2
10,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
13  
13
20  
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
276.00 million  
6
30.00 million  
36

Speaking Population
2.33 %  
9
0.42 %  
34

Native Speakers
166.00 million  
8
28.00 million  
29

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million  
7
30.00 million  
26

Native Name
Русский  
Yorùbá  

Alternative Names
Russki  
Yariba, Yooba  

French Name
russe  
yoruba  

German Name
Russisch  
Yoruba-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]  
[jòɾùbá]  

Ethnicity
Russians  
Yoruba people  

History

Origin
1000 AD  
4 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Western Sudanic  

Branch
Eastern  
Kwa  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Russian  
Yorùbá  

Language Position
7  
7
49  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Russian  
Yoruba Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ru  
yo  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
rus  
yor  

ISO 639 2/B
rus  
yor  

ISO 639 3
rus  
yor  

ISO 639 6
rus  
yor  

Glottocode
russ1263  
yoru1245  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea  
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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Russian and Yoruba Language History

Comparison of Russian vs Yoruba language history gives us differences between origin of Russian and Yoruba language. History of Russian language states that this language originated in 1000 AD 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 Russian and Yoruba Language History.

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

Russian vs Yoruba Difficulty

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

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