Countries
Benin, Nigeria
Armenian Highland
National Language
Nigeria
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
Regulated By
Yoruba Academy
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages
Greek
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200
Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Armenian manuscript
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Ẹ n lẹ
Բարեւ (Barev)
Thank You
e dupe
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
Good Night
Kasun layọ o
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
Good Evening
ka a ale
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
Good Afternoon
e kaasan
Բարի օր (Bari or)
Good Morning
e kaaro
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
Please
Jowo
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
Sorry
binu
կներեք (knerek’)
I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
Dialect 1
Itsekiri
Eastern Armenian
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Ede
Western Armenian
Where They Speak
Benin, Togo
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Ulukwumi
Not Applicable
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Not Applicable
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
Yorùbá
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
French Name
yoruba
arménien
German Name
Yoruba-Sprache
Armenisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
Ethnicity
Yoruba people
Armenians
Origin
4 BC
late 5th century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Western Sudanic
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
Standard Forms
Yorùbá
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
yoru1245
arme1241
Linguasphere
No data available
57-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Not Available
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Yoruba and Armenian 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 Yoruba and Armenian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Yoruba and Armenian language. Yoruba word for "Hello" is Ẹ n lẹ or Armenian word for "Thank You" is Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun). Find more of such common Yoruba Greetings and Armenian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Yoruba vs Armenian Difficulty
The Yoruba vs Armenian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Yoruba Alphabets and Armenian 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 Yoruba and Armenian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Yoruba and Armenian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Yoruba is 30 weeks while to learn Armenian time required is 44 weeks.