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Croatian vs Yoruba


Yoruba vs Croatian


Countries

Countries
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia   
Benin, Nigeria   

Total No. Of Countries
9   
7
2   
13

National Language
Austria   
Nigeria   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa   

Minority Language
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania   
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Regulated By
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics   
Yoruba Academy   

Interesting Facts
  • In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
  • Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
  
  • 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
Serbain and Bosnian   
Owo and Itsekiri languages   

Derived From
Church Slavonic   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
12   
9

How Many Consonants
25   
15
17   
7

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
bok   
Ẹ n lẹ   

Thank You
hvala   
e dupe   

How Are You?
kako si   
Bawo ni o se wa   

Good Night
laku noć   
Kasun layọ o   

Good Evening
dobra večer   
ka a ale   

Good Afternoon
dobar dan   
e kaasan   

Good Morning
dobro jutro   
e kaaro   

Please
molim   
Jowo   

Sorry
Oprostite   
binu   

Bye
Doviđenja   
bye   

I Love You
Volim te   
mo nifẹ rẹ   

Excuse Me
Ispričavam se   
mo tọrọ gafara   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakavian   
Itsekiri   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Nigeria   

How Many People Speak
660,000.00   
31
500,000.00   
34

Dialect 2
Chakavian   
Ede   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Benin, Togo   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
800,000.00   
27

Dialect 3
Shtokavian   
Ulukwumi   

Where They Speak
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania   
Nigeria   

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00   
5
10,000.00   
34

Total No. Of Dialects
79   
33
20   
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
89.00 million   
18
30.00 million   
36

Speaking Population
89.00 %   
1
0.42 %   
32

Native Speakers
5.60 million   
99+
28.00 million   
29

Second Language Speakers
1.25 million   
36
Not Available   

Native Name
hrvatski   
Yorùbá   

Alternative Names
Hrvatski   
Yariba, Yooba   

French Name
croate   
yoruba   

German Name
Kroatisch   
Yoruba-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Croats   
Yoruba people   

History

Origin
9th century   
4 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Western Sudanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Kwa   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian   
Yorùbá   

Language Position
23   
19
49   
36

Signed Forms
Croatian Sign Language   
Yoruba Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
hr   
yo   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hrv   
yor   

ISO 639 2/B
hrv   
yor   

ISO 639 3
hrv   
yor   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
croa1245   
yoru1245   

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Analytic, Isolating   

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Croatian and Yoruba Language History

Comparison of Croatian vs Yoruba language history gives us differences between origin of Croatian and Yoruba language. History of Croatian language states that this language originated in 9th 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 Croatian and Yoruba Language History.

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

Croatian vs Yoruba Difficulty

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

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