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
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
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
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
Where They Speak
Italy
Benin, Togo
Dialect 3
Mariupol
Ulukwumi
Where They Speak
Ukraine
Nigeria
How Many People Speak
Not Available
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
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Hellenic
Western Sudanic
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 6
ells
Not Available
Glottocode
gree1276
yoru1245
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
No data available
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.