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Yoruba vs Basque


Basque vs Yoruba


Countries

Countries
Benin, Nigeria  
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Nigeria  
France, Spain  

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  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Yoruba Academy  
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee  

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 Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  

Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages  
Spanish  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
5  
2

How Many Consonants
17  
7
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
88 weeks  
19

Greetings

Hello
Ẹ n lẹ  
Kaixo  

Thank You
e dupe  
Eskerrik asko  

How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa  
Zer moduz?  

Good Night
Kasun layọ o  
Gabon  

Good Evening
ka a ale  
Arratsalde on  

Good Afternoon
e kaasan  
Arratsalde on  

Good Morning
e kaaro  
Egun on  

Please
Jowo  
Mesedez  

Sorry
binu  
Barkatu  

Bye
bye  
Agur  

I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ  
Maite zaitut  

Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara  
Barkatu  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Itsekiri  
Navarro-Lapurdian  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
France  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
99+
68,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Ede  
Souletin  

Where They Speak
Benin, Togo  
France, Soule, Spain  

How Many People Speak
800,000.00  
99+
8,700.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi  
Biscayan  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Spain  

How Many People Speak
10,000.00  
99+
750,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
6  
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.42 %  
34
0.12 %  
99+

Native Speakers
28.00 million  
29
7.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
30.00 million  
26
0.70 million  
99+

Native Name
Yorùbá  
Euskara  

Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba  
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense  

French Name
yoruba  
basque  

German Name
Yoruba-Sprache  
Baskisch  

Pronunciation
[jòɾùbá]  
[bɑːsk]  

Ethnicity
Yoruba people  
Basque people  

History

Origin
4 BC  
c. 1000  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Vasconic Family  

Subgroup
Western Sudanic  
-  

Branch
Kwa  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian  

Standard Forms
Yorùbá  
Basque  

Language Position
49  
99+
30  
28

Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language  
Basque Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
yo  
eu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
yor  
eus  

ISO 639 2/B
yor  
baq  

ISO 639 3
yor  
eus  

ISO 639 6
yor  
eus  

Glottocode
yoru1245  
basq1248  

Linguasphere
No data available  
40-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Agglutinative  

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Yoruba and Basque Language History

Comparison of Yoruba vs Basque language history gives us differences between origin of Yoruba and Basque language. History of Yoruba language states that this language originated in 4 BC whereas history of Basque language states that this language originated in c. 1000. 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 Yoruba and Basque Language History.

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Yoruba and Basque 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 Basque greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Yoruba and Basque language. Yoruba word for "Hello" is Ẹ n lẹ or Basque word for "Thank You" is Eskerrik asko. Find more of such common Yoruba Greetings and Basque Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Yoruba vs Basque Difficulty

The Yoruba vs Basque difficulty level basically depends on the number of Yoruba Alphabets and Basque 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 Basque are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Yoruba and Basque, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Yoruba is 30 weeks while to learn Basque time required is 88 weeks.

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