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Yoruba and Greek


Greek and Yoruba


Countries

Countries
Benin, Nigeria   
Cyprus, European Union, Greece   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
3   
12

National Language
Nigeria   
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Roman Empire   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America   
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Yoruba Academy   
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)   

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.
  
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  

Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages   
Armenian   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
24   
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
7   
4

How Many Consonants
17   
7
17   
7

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic, Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Ẹ n lẹ   
γεια σας (geia sas)   

Thank You
e dupe   
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)   

How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa   
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)   

Good Night
Kasun layọ o   
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)   

Good Evening
ka a ale   
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)   

Good Afternoon
e kaasan   
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)   

Good Morning
e kaaro   
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)   

Please
Jowo   
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)   

Sorry
binu   
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)   

Bye
bye   
αντίο (antío)   

I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ   
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)   

Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara   
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Itsekiri   
Cappadocian Greek   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
Greece   

How Many People Speak
500,000.00   
34
2,800.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Ede   
Griko   

Where They Speak
Benin, Togo   
Italy   

How Many People Speak
800,000.00   
27
50,000.00   
38

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi   
Mariupol   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
Ukraine   

How Many People Speak
10,000.00   
34
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
20   
18
25   
21

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.42 %   
32
0.18 %   
99+

Native Speakers
28.00 million   
29
13.00 million   
99+

Native Name
Yorùbá   
ελληνικά   

Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba   
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic   

French Name
yoruba   
grec moderne (après 1453)   

German Name
Yoruba-Sprache   
Neugriechisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[eliniˈka]   

Ethnicity
Yoruba people   
Greeks or Hellenes   

History

Origin
4 BC   
1500 BC   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Western Sudanic   
Hellenic   

Branch
Kwa   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek   

Standard Forms
Yorùbá   
Modern Greek   

Language Position
49   
36
74   
99+

Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language   
Greek Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
yo   
el   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
yor   
ell   

ISO 639 2/B
yor   
gre   

ISO 639 3
yor   
ell   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
ells   

Glottocode
yoru1245   
gree1276   

Linguasphere
No data available   
56-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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All Yoruba and Greek 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 Greek dialects. Various dialects of Yoruba and Greek language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Yoruba are spoken in different Yoruba Speaking Countries whereas Greek Dialects are spoken in different Greek speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Yoruba vs Greek Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Yoruba dialects include: Itsekiri, Ede. Greek dialects include: Cappadocian Greek , Griko. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Yoruba and Greek Speaking population

Yoruba and Greek speaking population is one of the factors based on which Yoruba and Greek languages can be compared. The total count of Yoruba and Greek Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 %. 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 Greek on Yoruba vs Greek where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Yoruba and Greek Language Codes

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

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