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Greek vs Yoruba


Yoruba vs Greek


Countries

Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece   
Benin, Nigeria   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
2   
13

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

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

Alphabets
24   
6
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
12   
9

How Many Consonants
17   
7
17   
7

Scripts
Arabic, Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

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   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek   
Itsekiri   

Where They Speak
Greece   
Nigeria   

How Many People Speak
2,800.00   
99+
500,000.00   
34

Dialect 2
Griko   
Ede   

Where They Speak
Italy   
Benin, Togo   

How Many People Speak
50,000.00   
38
800,000.00   
27

Dialect 3
Mariupol   
Ulukwumi   

Where They Speak
Ukraine   
Nigeria   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
10,000.00   
34

Total No. Of Dialects
25   
21
20   
18

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.18 %   
99+
0.42 %   
32

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   

History

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   

Language Position
74   
99+
49   
36

Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language   
Yoruba Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Greek and Yoruba Language History

Comparison of Greek vs Yoruba language history gives us differences between origin of Greek and Yoruba language. History of Greek language states that this language originated in 1500 BC 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 Greek and Yoruba Language History.

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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.

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