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Yoruba vs Romanian


Romanian vs Yoruba


Countries

Countries
Benin, Nigeria  
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
6  
9

National Language
Nigeria  
Moldova, Romania  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Kazakhstan, Russia  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Yoruba Academy  
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li  

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.
  
  • Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
  • The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  

Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages  
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.  

Derived From
-  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
31  
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
7  
4

How Many Consonants
17  
7
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Ẹ n lẹ  
alo  

Thank You
e dupe  
multumesc  

How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa  
ce mai faci?  

Good Night
Kasun layọ o  
noapte Buna  

Good Evening
ka a ale  
buna Seara  

Good Afternoon
e kaasan  
buna Ziua  

Good Morning
e kaaro  
bună Dimineața  

Please
Jowo  
Vă Rog  

Sorry
binu  
scuze  

Bye
bye  
La revedere  

I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ  
Te iubesc  

Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara  
Scuza-Ma  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Itsekiri  
Aromanian  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
99+
250,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Ede  
Megleno-Romanian  

Where They Speak
Benin, Togo  
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
800,000.00  
99+
5,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi  
Istro-Romanian  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
10,000.00  
99+
1,400.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
10  
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
28.00 million  
38

Speaking Population
0.42 %  
34
0.37 %  
37

Native Speakers
28.00 million  
29
24.00 million  
33

Second Language Speakers
30.00 million  
26
4.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Yorùbá  
Română  

Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba  
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian  

French Name
yoruba  
roumain; moldave  

German Name
Yoruba-Sprache  
Rumänisch  

Pronunciation
[jòɾùbá]  
[roˈmɨnə]  

Ethnicity
Yoruba people  
Romanians  

History

Origin
4 BC  
1521  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Western Sudanic  
-  

Branch
Kwa  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Romanian  

Standard Forms
Yorùbá  
Romanian  

Language Position
49  
99+
36  
33

Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language  
Romanian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
yo  
ro  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
yor  
ron  

ISO 639 2/B
yor  
rum  

ISO 639 3
yor  
ron  

ISO 639 6
yor  
ron  

Glottocode
yoru1245  
roma1327  

Linguasphere
No data available  
51-AAD-c  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Synthetic  

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Yoruba and Romanian Language History

Comparison of Yoruba vs Romanian language history gives us differences between origin of Yoruba and Romanian language. History of Yoruba language states that this language originated in 4 BC whereas history of Romanian language states that this language originated in 1521. 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 Romanian Language History.

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

Yoruba vs Romanian Difficulty

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

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