Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
  
Benin, Nigeria
  
National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Nigeria
  
Second Language
Roman Empire
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
  
Yoruba Academy
  
Interesting Facts
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  
- 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
Armenian
  
Owo and Itsekiri languages
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
  
Ẹ n lẹ
  
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
  
e dupe
  
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
  
Bawo ni o se wa
  
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
  
Kasun layọ o
  
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
  
ka a ale
  
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
  
e kaasan
  
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
  
e kaaro
  
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
  
Jowo
  
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
  
binu
  
Bye
αντίο (antío)
  
bye
  
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
  
mo nifẹ rẹ
  
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
  
mo tọrọ gafara
  
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
  
Itsekiri
  
Where They Speak
Greece
  
Nigeria
  
Dialect 2
Griko
  
Ede
  
Where They Speak
Italy
  
Benin, Togo
  
Dialect 3
Mariupol
  
Ulukwumi
  
Where They Speak
Ukraine
  
Nigeria
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million
  
99+
30.00 million
  
36
Native Speakers
13.00 million
  
99+
28.00 million
  
29
Native Name
ελληνικά
  
Yorùbá
  
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
  
Yariba, Yooba
  
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
  
yoruba
  
German Name
Neugriechisch
  
Yoruba-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
  
Yoruba people
  
Origin
1500 BC
  
4 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Hellenic
  
Western Sudanic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Kwa
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
  
Yorùbá
  
Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
  
Yoruba Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
el
  
yo
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ell
  
yor
  
ISO 639 2/B
gre
  
yor
  
ISO 639 3
ell
  
yor
  
ISO 639 6
ells
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
gree1276
  
yoru1245
  
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Analytic, Isolating
  
Greek 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 Greek and Yoruba greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Greek and Yoruba language. Greek word for "Hello" is γεια σας (geia sas) or Yoruba word for "Thank You" is e dupe. Find more of such common Greek Greetings and Yoruba Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Greek vs Yoruba Difficulty
The Greek vs Yoruba difficulty level basically depends on the number of Greek 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 Greek and Yoruba are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Greek and Yoruba, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Greek is 44 weeks while to learn Yoruba time required is 30 weeks.