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Italian vs Yoruba


Yoruba vs Italian


Countries

Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City   
Benin, Nigeria   

Total No. Of Countries
7   
8
2   
13

National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City   
Nigeria   

Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa   

Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia   
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)   
Yoruba Academy   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  
  • 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
French and Portuguese Languages   
Owo and Itsekiri languages   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21   
3
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
12   
9

How Many Consonants
16   
6
17   
7

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
ciao   
Ẹ n lẹ   

Thank You
grazie   
e dupe   

How Are You?
Come stai?   
Bawo ni o se wa   

Good Night
buonanotte   
Kasun layọ o   

Good Evening
buonasera   
ka a ale   

Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio   
e kaasan   

Good Morning
buongiorno   
e kaaro   

Please
Per Favore   
Jowo   

Sorry
scusate   
binu   

Bye
arrivederci   
bye   

I Love You
Ti amo   
mo nifẹ rẹ   

Excuse Me
Scusami   
mo tọrọ gafara   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Romanesco   
Itsekiri   

Where They Speak
Lazio   
Nigeria   

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00   
21
500,000.00   
34

Dialect 2
Central Italian   
Ede   

Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria   
Benin, Togo   

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00   
14
800,000.00   
27

Dialect 3
Tuscan   
Ulukwumi   

Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria   
Nigeria   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
10,000.00   
34

Total No. Of Dialects
15   
14
20   
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
78.00 million   
21
30.00 million   
36

Speaking Population
0.90 %   
22
0.42 %   
32

Native Speakers
64.00 million   
18
28.00 million   
29

Second Language Speakers
14.00 million   
20
Not Available   

Native Name
Italiano   
Yorùbá   

Alternative Names
Italiano   
Yariba, Yooba   

French Name
italien   
yoruba   

German Name
Italienisch   
Yoruba-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Italians   
Yoruba people   

History

Origin
960 BC   
4 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Western Sudanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Kwa   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Italian   
Yorùbá   

Language Position
27   
23
49   
36

Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"   
Yoruba Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
it   
yo   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ita   
yor   

ISO 639 2/B
ita   
yor   

ISO 639 3
ita   
yor   

ISO 639 6
itas   
Not Available   

Glottocode
ital1282   
yoru1245   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-q   
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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Italian and Yoruba Language History

Comparison of Italian vs Yoruba language history gives us differences between origin of Italian and Yoruba language. History of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 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 Italian and Yoruba Language History.

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

Italian vs Yoruba Difficulty

The Italian vs Yoruba difficulty level basically depends on the number of Italian 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 Italian and Yoruba are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Italian and Yoruba, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Italian is 24 weeks while to learn Yoruba time required is 30 weeks.

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