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Ukrainian vs Yoruba


Yoruba vs Ukrainian


Countries

Countries
Ukraine   
Benin, Nigeria   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Ukraine   
Nigeria   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa   

Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia   
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language   
Yoruba Academy   

Interesting Facts
  • Ukrainian Language is second most widespread among the Slavic languages after the Russian Language.
  • Ukrainian Language is among the top three most melodious language in the world.
  
  • 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
Russian and Belarusian Languages   
Owo and Itsekiri languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
12   
9

How Many Consonants
22   
12
17   
7

Scripts
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)   
Ẹ n lẹ   

Thank You
Дякую (Dyakuyu)   
e dupe   

How Are You?
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)   
Bawo ni o se wa   

Good Night
На добраніч (Na dobranič)   
Kasun layọ o   

Good Evening
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)   
ka a ale   

Good Afternoon
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)   
e kaasan   

Good Morning
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)   
e kaaro   

Please
будь ласк   
Jowo   

Sorry
вибачте (vybachte)   
binu   

Bye
до побачення (do pobachennya)   
bye   

I Love You
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)   
mo nifẹ rẹ   

Excuse Me
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)   
mo tọrọ gafara   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Podillian   
Itsekiri   

Where They Speak
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia   
Nigeria   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
500,000.00   
34

Dialect 2
Volynian   
Ede   

Where They Speak
Rivne, Volyn   
Benin, Togo   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
800,000.00   
27

Dialect 3
Steppe   
Ulukwumi   

Where They Speak
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine   
Nigeria   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
10,000.00   
34

Total No. Of Dialects
15   
14
20   
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
39.00 million   
32
30.00 million   
36

Speaking Population
0.46 %   
30
0.42 %   
32

Native Speakers
39.00 million   
25
28.00 million   
29

Native Name
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)   
Yorùbá   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Yariba, Yooba   

French Name
ukrainien   
yoruba   

German Name
Ukrainisch   
Yoruba-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Ukrainians   
Yoruba people   

History

Origin
1561   
4 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Western Sudanic   

Branch
Eastern   
Kwa   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Ukrainian   
Yorùbá   

Language Position
26   
22
49   
36

Signed Forms
Ukrainian Sign Language   
Yoruba Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
uk   
yo   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ukr   
yor   

ISO 639 2/B
ukr   
yor   

ISO 639 3
ukr   
yor   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
ukra1253   
yoru1245   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq   
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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Ukrainian and Yoruba Language History

Comparison of Ukrainian vs Yoruba language history gives us differences between origin of Ukrainian and Yoruba language. History of Ukrainian language states that this language originated in 1561 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 Ukrainian and Yoruba Language History.

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

Ukrainian vs Yoruba Difficulty

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

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