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Estonian vs Yoruba


Yoruba vs Estonian


Countries

Countries
Estonia, European Union  
Benin, Nigeria  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Estonia, Gambia  
Nigeria  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa  

Minority Language
Denmark, Russia, Sweden  
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Regulated By
Institute of the Estonian Language  
Yoruba Academy  

Interesting Facts
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  
  • 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
Finnish  
Owo and Itsekiri languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
12  
9

How Many Consonants
18  
8
17  
7

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
30 weeks  
9

Greetings

Hello
Tere  
Ẹ n lẹ  

Thank You
aitäh  
e dupe  

How Are You?
kuidas sul läheb  
Bawo ni o se wa  

Good Night
Head ööd  
Kasun layọ o  

Good Evening
Tere õhtust  
ka a ale  

Good Afternoon
Tere päevast  
e kaasan  

Good Morning
Tere hommikust  
e kaaro  

Please
Palun  
Jowo  

Sorry
Vabandust  
binu  

Bye
Head aega  
bye  

I Love You
ma armastan sind  
mo nifẹ rẹ  

Excuse Me
Vabandage  
mo tọrọ gafara  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Keskmurre  
Itsekiri  

Where They Speak
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
500,000.00  
34

Dialect 2
Tartu  
Ede  

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Estonia  
Benin, Togo  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
800,000.00  
27

Dialect 3
Idamurre  
Ulukwumi  

Where They Speak
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
10,000.00  
34

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
20  
18

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.42 %  
32

Native Speakers
0.95 million  
99+
28.00 million  
29

Native Name
eesti keel  
Yorùbá  

Alternative Names
Eesti keel  
Yariba, Yooba  

French Name
estonien  
yoruba  

German Name
Estnisch  
Yoruba-Sprache  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Estonians  
Yoruba people  

History

Origin
13th century  
4 BC  

Language Family
Uralic Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric  
Western Sudanic  

Branch
Finnic  
Kwa  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Estonian  
Yorùbá  

Language Position
Not Available  
49  
36

Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language  
Yoruba Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
et  
yo  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
est  
yor  

ISO 639 2/B
est  
yor  

ISO 639 3
est  
yor  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
esto1258  
yoru1245  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Analytic, Isolating  

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Estonian and Yoruba Language History

Comparison of Estonian vs Yoruba language history gives us differences between origin of Estonian and Yoruba language. History of Estonian language states that this language originated in 13th 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 Estonian and Yoruba Language History.

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

Estonian vs Yoruba Difficulty

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

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