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Yoruba vs Turkish


Turkish vs Yoruba


Countries

Countries
Benin, Nigeria  
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
11  
5

National Language
Nigeria  
Turkey  

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  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania  

Regulated By
Yoruba Academy  
Turkish Language Association  

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.
  
  • Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
  • Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  

Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages  
Azerbaijani Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
8  
5

How Many Consonants
17  
7
21  
11

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
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Ẹ n lẹ  
Merhaba  

Thank You
e dupe  
teşekkür ederim  

How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa  
Nasılsın?  

Good Night
Kasun layọ o  
İyi Geceler  

Good Evening
ka a ale  
İyi Akşamlar  

Good Afternoon
e kaasan  
Tünaydın  

Good Morning
e kaaro  
günaydın  

Please
Jowo  
lütfen  

Sorry
binu  
üzgünüm  

Bye
bye  
Hoşçakal  

I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ  
Seni seviyorum  

Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara  
Afedersiniz  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Itsekiri  
Azerbaijani Turkish  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
99+
26,000,000.00  
25

Dialect 2
Ede  
Crimean Turkish  

Where They Speak
Benin, Togo  
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  

How Many People Speak
800,000.00  
99+
480,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi  
Gagauz  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine  

How Many People Speak
10,000.00  
99+
140,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
9  
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
75.00 million  
23

Speaking Population
0.42 %  
34
0.95 %  
22

Native Speakers
28.00 million  
29
60.00 million  
20

Second Language Speakers
30.00 million  
26
15.00 million  
34

Native Name
Yorùbá  
Türkçe  

Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba  
Anatolian, Türkisch  

French Name
yoruba  
turc  

German Name
Yoruba-Sprache  
Türkisch  

Pronunciation
[jòɾùbá]  
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]  

Ethnicity
Yoruba people  
Turkish  

History

Origin
4 BC  
c. 1350  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Turkic Family  

Subgroup
Western Sudanic  
Turkic  

Branch
Kwa  
Southwestern(Oghuz)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish  

Standard Forms
Yorùbá  
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)  

Language Position
49  
99+
19  
17

Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language  
Turkish Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
yo  
tr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
yor  
tur  

ISO 639 2/B
yor  
tur  

ISO 639 3
yor  
tur  

ISO 639 6
yor  
tur  

Glottocode
yoru1245  
nucl1301  

Linguasphere
No data available  
44-AAB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Synthetic  

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Yoruba and Turkish Language History

Comparison of Yoruba vs Turkish language history gives us differences between origin of Yoruba and Turkish language. History of Yoruba language states that this language originated in 4 BC whereas history of Turkish language states that this language originated in c. 1350. 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 Turkish Language History.

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

Yoruba vs Turkish Difficulty

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

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