Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey
Benin, Nigeria
National Language
Turkey
Nigeria
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
Regulated By
Turkish Language Association
Yoruba Academy
Interesting Facts
- Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
- Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern 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
Azerbaijani Language
Owo and Itsekiri languages
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Thank You
teşekkür ederim
e dupe
How Are You?
Nasılsın?
Bawo ni o se wa
Good Night
İyi Geceler
Kasun layọ o
Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar
ka a ale
Good Afternoon
Tünaydın
e kaasan
Good Morning
günaydın
e kaaro
I Love You
Seni seviyorum
mo nifẹ rẹ
Excuse Me
Afedersiniz
mo tọrọ gafara
Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish
Itsekiri
Where They Speak
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
Nigeria
Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish
Ede
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Benin, Togo
Dialect 3
Gagauz
Ulukwumi
Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
Nigeria
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Türkçe
Yorùbá
Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch
Yariba, Yooba
German Name
Türkisch
Yoruba-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Turkish
Yoruba people
Language Family
Turkic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Turkic
Western Sudanic
Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)
Kwa
Early Forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish
No early forms
Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)
Yorùbá
Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language
Yoruba Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
nucl1301
yoru1245
Linguasphere
44-AAB-a
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Analytic, Isolating
Turkish 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 Turkish and Yoruba greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Turkish and Yoruba language. Turkish word for "Hello" is Merhaba or Yoruba word for "Thank You" is e dupe. Find more of such common Turkish Greetings and Yoruba Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Turkish vs Yoruba Difficulty
The Turkish vs Yoruba difficulty level basically depends on the number of Turkish 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 Turkish and Yoruba are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Turkish and Yoruba, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Turkish is 44 weeks while to learn Yoruba time required is 30 weeks.