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Yoruba vs Greek


Greek vs Yoruba


Countries

Countries
Benin, Nigeria  
Cyprus, European Union, Greece  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
3  
12

National Language
Nigeria  
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Roman Empire  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Yoruba Academy  
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)  

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.
  
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  

Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages  
Armenian  

Derived From
-  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
24  
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
7  
4

How Many Consonants
17  
7
17  
7

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic, Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Ẹ n lẹ  
γεια σας (geia sas)  

Thank You
e dupe  
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)  

How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa  
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)  

Good Night
Kasun layọ o  
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)  

Good Evening
ka a ale  
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)  

Good Afternoon
e kaasan  
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)  

Good Morning
e kaaro  
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)  

Please
Jowo  
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)  

Sorry
binu  
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)  

Bye
bye  
αντίο (antío)  

I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ  
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)  

Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara  
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Itsekiri  
Cappadocian Greek  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Greece  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
99+
2,800.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Ede  
Griko  

Where They Speak
Benin, Togo  
Italy  

How Many People Speak
800,000.00  
99+
50,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi  
Mariupol  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Ukraine  

How Many People Speak
10,000.00  
99+
13,000,000.00  
28

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
25  
21

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.42 %  
34
0.18 %  
99+

Native Speakers
28.00 million  
29
13.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
30.00 million  
26
13.00 million  
37

Native Name
Yorùbá  
ελληνικά  

Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba  
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic  

French Name
yoruba  
grec moderne (après 1453)  

German Name
Yoruba-Sprache  
Neugriechisch  

Pronunciation
[jòɾùbá]  
[eliniˈka]  

Ethnicity
Yoruba people  
Greeks or Hellenes  

History

Origin
4 BC  
1500 BC  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Western Sudanic  
Hellenic  

Branch
Kwa  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek  

Standard Forms
Yorùbá  
Modern Greek  

Language Position
49  
99+
74  
99+

Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language  
Greek Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
yo  
el  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
yor  
ell  

ISO 639 2/B
yor  
gre  

ISO 639 3
yor  
ell  

ISO 639 6
yor  
ells  

Glottocode
yoru1245  
gree1276  

Linguasphere
No data available  
56-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Yoruba and Greek Language History

Comparison of Yoruba vs Greek language history gives us differences between origin of Yoruba and Greek language. History of Yoruba language states that this language originated in 4 BC whereas history of Greek language states that this language originated in 1500 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 Yoruba and Greek Language History.

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

Yoruba vs Greek Difficulty

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

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