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Swedish vs Yoruba


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Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden  
Benin, Nigeria  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
2  
13

National Language
Sweden  
Nigeria  

Second Language
Finland  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Antartica, Europe  
Africa  

Minority Language
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council  
Yoruba Academy  

Interesting Facts
  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
  • 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
Norwegian and Danish Language  
Owo and Itsekiri languages  

Derived From
Old Norse Language  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200  
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200  

Alphabets
29  
11
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
12  
9

How Many Consonants
18  
8
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
hej  
Ẹ n lẹ  

Thank You
tacka dig  
e dupe  

How Are You?
hur mår du  
Bawo ni o se wa  

Good Night
godnatt  
Kasun layọ o  

Good Evening
god kväll  
ka a ale  

Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag  
e kaasan  

Good Morning
god morgon  
e kaaro  

Please
vänligen  
Jowo  

Sorry
ledsen  
binu  

Bye
hej då  
bye  

I Love You
jag älskar dig  
mo nifẹ rẹ  

Excuse Me
ursäkta mig  
mo tọrọ gafara  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dialects  
Itsekiri  

Where They Speak
Gabon  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00  
9
500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Dialects  
Ede  

Where They Speak
Georgia  
Benin, Togo  

How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00  
7
800,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Dialects  
Ulukwumi  

Where They Speak
France  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
96,000,000.00  
5
10,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
79  
33
20  
18

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.42 %  
34

Native Speakers
8.70 million  
99+
28.00 million  
29

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
30.00 million  
26

Native Name
Svenska  
Yorùbá  

Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska  
Yariba, Yooba  

French Name
suédois  
yoruba  

German Name
Schwedisch  
Yoruba-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]  
[jòɾùbá]  

Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes  
Yoruba people  

History

Origin
13th Century  
4 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Western Sudanic  

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)  
Kwa  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Swedish  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Swedish  
Yorùbá  

Language Position
89  
99+
49  
99+

Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")  
Yoruba Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sv  
yo  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
swe  
yor  

ISO 639 2/B
swe  
yor  

ISO 639 3
swe  
yor  

ISO 639 6
swe  
yor  

Glottocode
swed1254  
yoru1245  

Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Analytic, Isolating  

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Swedish and Yoruba Language History

Comparison of Swedish vs Yoruba language history gives us differences between origin of Swedish and Yoruba language. History of Swedish language states that this language originated in 13th Century 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 Swedish and Yoruba Language History.

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

Swedish vs Yoruba Difficulty

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

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