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Galician vs Yoruba


Yoruba vs Galician


Countries

Countries
Galicia   
Benin, Nigeria   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Galicia   
Nigeria   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Regulated By
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)   
Yoruba Academy   

Interesting Facts
  • In Galician language, there are no compound tenses.
  • The earliest document in Galician language was written in 1228 which was legal charter for a municipality of Galicia.
  
  • 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
Portuguese Language   
Owo and Itsekiri languages   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23   
5
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
12   
9

How Many Consonants
19   
9
17   
7

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
Ola   
Ẹ n lẹ   

Thank You
Grazas   
e dupe   

How Are You?
Que tal estás?   
Bawo ni o se wa   

Good Night
Boas noites   
Kasun layọ o   

Good Evening
Boa tarde   
ka a ale   

Good Afternoon
Boa tarde   
e kaasan   

Good Morning
Bos días   
e kaaro   

Please
Por favor   
Jowo   

Sorry
Síntoo!   
binu   

Bye
Adeus   
bye   

I Love You
Ámote   
mo nifẹ rẹ   

Excuse Me
Perdoe!   
mo tọrọ gafara   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Galician   
Itsekiri   

Where They Speak
East Galicia   
Nigeria   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
500,000.00   
34

Dialect 2
Central Galician   
Ede   

Where They Speak
Central Galicia   
Benin, Togo   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
800,000.00   
27

Dialect 3
Western Galician   
Ulukwumi   

Where They Speak
West Galicia   
Nigeria   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
10,000.00   
34

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
20   
18

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.42 %   
32

Native Speakers
2.40 million   
99+
28.00 million   
29

Native Name
Galego   
Yorùbá   

Alternative Names
Galego, Gallego   
Yariba, Yooba   

French Name
galicien   
yoruba   

German Name
Galicisch   
Yoruba-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[ɡaˈleɣo]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Yoruba people   

History

Origin
c. 1175   
4 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Western Sudanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Kwa   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Galician   
Yorùbá   

Language Position
Not Available   
49   
36

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Yoruba Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
gl   
yo   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
glg   
yor   

ISO 639 2/B
glg   
yor   

ISO 639 3
glg   
yor   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
gali1258   
yoru1245   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-ab   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Analytic, Isolating   

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Galician and Yoruba Language History

Comparison of Galician vs Yoruba language history gives us differences between origin of Galician and Yoruba language. History of Galician language states that this language originated in c. 1175 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 Galician and Yoruba Language History.

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

Galician vs Yoruba Difficulty

The Galician vs Yoruba difficulty level basically depends on the number of Galician 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 Galician and Yoruba are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Galician and Yoruba, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Galician is Not Available while to learn Yoruba time required is 30 weeks.

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