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Armenian vs Yoruba


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Countries

Countries
Armenian Highland  
Benin, Nigeria  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic  
Nigeria  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Africa  

Minority Language
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine  
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Regulated By
Armenian National Academy of Sciences  
Yoruba Academy  

Interesting Facts
  • The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
  • Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Greek  
Owo and Itsekiri languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
38  
20
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
12  
9

How Many Consonants
32  
22
17  
7

Scripts
Armenian manuscript  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
12  
9
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
30 weeks  
9

Greetings

Hello
Բարեւ (Barev)  
Ẹ n lẹ  

Thank You
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)  
e dupe  

How Are You?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)  
Bawo ni o se wa  

Good Night
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)  
Kasun layọ o  

Good Evening
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)  
ka a ale  

Good Afternoon
Բարի օր (Bari or)  
e kaasan  

Good Morning
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)  
e kaaro  

Please
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)  
Jowo  

Sorry
կներեք (knerek’)  
binu  

Bye
Ց'տեսություն  
bye  

I Love You
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)  
mo nifẹ rẹ  

Excuse Me
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)  
mo tọrọ gafara  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Armenian  
Itsekiri  

Where They Speak
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
500,000.00  
34

Dialect 2
Western Armenian  
Ede  

Where They Speak
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey  
Benin, Togo  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
800,000.00  
27

Dialect 3
Not Applicable  
Ulukwumi  

Where They Speak
Not Applicable  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
10,000.00  
34

Total No. Of Dialects
2  
2
20  
18

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.42 %  
32

Native Speakers
6.00 million  
99+
28.00 million  
29

Native Name
Հայերէն (Hayeren)  
Yorùbá  

Alternative Names
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri  
Yariba, Yooba  

French Name
arménien  
yoruba  

German Name
Armenisch  
Yoruba-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Armenians  
Yoruba people  

History

Origin
late 5th century  
4 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Western Sudanic  

Branch
Not Available  
Kwa  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian  
Yorùbá  

Language Position
Not Available  
49  
36

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Yoruba Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
hy  
yo  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hye  
yor  

ISO 639 2/B
arm  
yor  

ISO 639 3
hye  
yor  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
arme1241  
yoru1245  

Linguasphere
57-AAA-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Analytic, Isolating  

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Armenian and Yoruba Language History

Comparison of Armenian vs Yoruba language history gives us differences between origin of Armenian and Yoruba language. History of Armenian language states that this language originated in late 5th century whereas history of Yoruba language states that this language originated in 4 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 Armenian and Yoruba Language History.

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Armenian and Yoruba 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 Armenian and Yoruba greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Armenian and Yoruba language. Armenian word for "Hello" is Բարեւ (Barev) or Yoruba word for "Thank You" is e dupe. Find more of such common Armenian Greetings and Yoruba Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Armenian vs Yoruba Difficulty

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

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