Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
  
Benin, Nigeria
  
National Language
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia
  
Nigeria
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
  
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
  
Yoruba Academy
  
Interesting Facts
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written 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
Czech Language
  
Owo and Itsekiri languages
  
Derived From
Czech-Slovak Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Slovak-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Ahoj
  
Ẹ n lẹ
  
Thank You
Ďakujem vám
  
e dupe
  
How Are You?
Ako sa máte?
  
Bawo ni o se wa
  
Good Night
Dobrú noc
  
Kasun layọ o
  
Good Evening
Dobrý večer
  
ka a ale
  
Good Afternoon
Dobré popoludnie
  
e kaasan
  
Good Morning
Dobré ráno
  
e kaaro
  
Please
Prosím
  
Jowo
  
Sorry
Pardón!
  
binu
  
Bye
Dovidenia
  
bye
  
I Love You
Ľúbim Ťa
  
mo nifẹ rẹ
  
Excuse Me
Prepáčte!
  
mo tọrọ gafara
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Slovak
  
Itsekiri
  
Where They Speak
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
  
Nigeria
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Central Slovak
  
Ede
  
Where They Speak
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
  
Benin, Togo
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Western Slovak
  
Ulukwumi
  
Where They Speak
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
  
Nigeria
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
5.20 million
  
99+
30.00 million
  
36
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.20 million
  
99+
28.00 million
  
29
Native Name
slovenčina
  
Yorùbá
  
Alternative Names
Slovakian, Slovencina
  
Yariba, Yooba
  
French Name
slovaque
  
yoruba
  
German Name
Slowakisch
  
Yoruba-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Slovaks
  
Yoruba people
  
Origin
6th Century
  
4 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Western Sudanic
  
Branch
Western
  
Kwa
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Slavic
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Slovak
  
Yorùbá
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Yoruba Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sk
  
yo
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
slk
  
yor
  
ISO 639 2/B
slo
  
yor
  
ISO 639 3
slk
  
yor
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
slov1269
  
yoru1245
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-db
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Analytic, Isolating
  
Slovak 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 Slovak and Yoruba greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Slovak and Yoruba language. Slovak word for "Hello" is Ahoj or Yoruba word for "Thank You" is e dupe. Find more of such common Slovak Greetings and Yoruba Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Slovak vs Yoruba Difficulty
The Slovak vs Yoruba difficulty level basically depends on the number of Slovak 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 Slovak and Yoruba are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Slovak and Yoruba, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Slovak is 44 weeks while to learn Yoruba time required is 30 weeks.