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Yoruba and Armenian


Armenian and Yoruba


Countries

Countries
Benin, Nigeria   
Armenian Highland   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Nigeria   
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America   
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Yoruba Academy   
Armenian National Academy of Sciences   

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
  • Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  

Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages   
Greek   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
38   
20

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
6   
3

How Many Consonants
17   
7
32   
22

Scripts
Latin   
Armenian manuscript   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
12   
9

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Ẹ n lẹ   
Բարեւ (Barev)   

Thank You
e dupe   
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)   

How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa   
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)   

Good Night
Kasun layọ o   
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)   

Good Evening
ka a ale   
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)   

Good Afternoon
e kaasan   
Բարի օր (Bari or)   

Good Morning
e kaaro   
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)   

Please
Jowo   
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)   

Sorry
binu   
կներեք (knerek’)   

Bye
bye   
Ց'տեսություն   

I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ   
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)   

Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara   
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Itsekiri   
Eastern Armenian   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
500,000.00   
34
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Ede   
Western Armenian   

Where They Speak
Benin, Togo   
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
800,000.00   
27
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi   
Not Applicable   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
Not Applicable   

How Many People Speak
10,000.00   
34
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
20   
18
2   
2

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.42 %   
32
Not Available   

Native Speakers
28.00 million   
29
6.00 million   
99+

Native Name
Yorùbá   
Հայերէն (Hayeren)   

Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba   
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri   

French Name
yoruba   
arménien   

German Name
Yoruba-Sprache   
Armenisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]   

Ethnicity
Yoruba people   
Armenians   

History

Origin
4 BC   
late 5th century   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Western Sudanic   
Not Available   

Branch
Kwa   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian   

Standard Forms
Yorùbá   
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian   

Language Position
49   
36
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
yo   
hy   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
yor   
hye   

ISO 639 2/B
yor   
arm   

ISO 639 3
yor   
hye   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
yoru1245   
arme1241   

Linguasphere
No data available   
57-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Agglutinative, Synthetic   

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All Yoruba and Armenian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Yoruba and Armenian dialects. Various dialects of Yoruba and Armenian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Yoruba are spoken in different Yoruba Speaking Countries whereas Armenian Dialects are spoken in different Armenian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Yoruba vs Armenian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Yoruba dialects include: Itsekiri, Ede. Armenian dialects include: Eastern Armenian , Western Armenian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Yoruba and Armenian Speaking population

Yoruba and Armenian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Yoruba and Armenian languages can be compared. The total count of Yoruba and Armenian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Armenian language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Yoruba and Armenian on Yoruba vs Armenian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Yoruba and Armenian Language Codes

Yoruba and Armenian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Yoruba and Armenian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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