Countries
Benin, Nigeria
  
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
  
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 in
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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)
  
Dialect 1
Itsekiri
  
Cappadocian Greek
  
Where They Speak
Nigeria
  
Greece
  
Dialect 2
Ede
  
Griko
  
Where They Speak
Benin, Togo
  
Italy
  
Dialect 3
Ulukwumi
  
Mariupol
  
Where They Speak
Nigeria
  
Ukraine
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million
  
36
13.00 million
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language
  
Greek Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.