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Macedonian vs Yoruba


Yoruba vs Macedonian


Countries

Countries
Macedonia   
Benin, Nigeria   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   
Nigeria   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa   

Minority Language
Albania, Romania, Serbia   
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Regulated By
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"   
Yoruba Academy   

Interesting Facts
  • There are plenty of loan words in Macedonian language from the Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian languages.
  • The only Indo-European language that make use of the narrative mood is Macedonian language.
  
  • 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
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages   
Owo and Itsekiri languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31   
13
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
12   
9

How Many Consonants
26   
16
17   
7

Scripts
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)   
Ẹ n lẹ   

Thank You
Благодарам (Blagodaram)   
e dupe   

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)   
Bawo ni o se wa   

Good Night
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)   
Kasun layọ o   

Good Evening
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)   
ka a ale   

Good Afternoon
Добар ден (Dobar den)   
e kaasan   

Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)   
e kaaro   

Please
Ве молиме (Ve molime)   
Jowo   

Sorry
жал (žal)   
binu   

Bye
Чао (Čao)   
bye   

I Love You
Те сакам (Te sakam)   
mo nifẹ rẹ   

Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)   
mo tọrọ gafara   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Torlakian   
Itsekiri   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   
Nigeria   

How Many People Speak
1.50   
99+
500,000.00   
34

Dialect 2
Debar   
Ede   

Where They Speak
Macedonia   
Benin, Togo   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
800,000.00   
27

Dialect 3
Galičnik   
Ulukwumi   

Where They Speak
Macedonia   
Nigeria   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
10,000.00   
34

Total No. Of Dialects
28   
23
20   
18

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.42 %   
32

Native Speakers
2.50 million   
99+
28.00 million   
29

Native Name
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)   
Yorùbá   

Alternative Names
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic   
Yariba, Yooba   

French Name
macédonien   
yoruba   

German Name
Makedonisch   
Yoruba-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Macedonians   
Yoruba people   

History

Origin
2200 BC   
4 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Western Sudanic   

Branch
Southern   
Kwa   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Macedonian   
Yorùbá   

Language Position
Not Available   
49   
36

Signed Forms
Macedonian Sign Language   
Yoruba Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
mk   
yo   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mkd   
yor   

ISO 639 2/B
mac   
yor   

ISO 639 3
mkd   
yor   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mace1250   
yoru1245   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ha   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic   
Analytic, Isolating   

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Macedonian and Yoruba Language History

Comparison of Macedonian vs Yoruba language history gives us differences between origin of Macedonian and Yoruba language. History of Macedonian language states that this language originated in 2200 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 Macedonian and Yoruba Language History.

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

Macedonian vs Yoruba Difficulty

The Macedonian vs Yoruba difficulty level basically depends on the number of Macedonian 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 Macedonian and Yoruba are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Macedonian and Yoruba, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Macedonian is 44 weeks while to learn Yoruba time required is 30 weeks.

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