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Yoruba and Ukrainian


Ukrainian and Yoruba


Countries

Countries
Benin, Nigeria   
Ukraine   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Nigeria   
Ukraine   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Europe   

Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia   

Regulated By
Yoruba Academy   
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language   

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.
  
  • Ukrainian Language is second most widespread among the Slavic languages after the Russian Language.
  • Ukrainian Language is among the top three most melodious language in the world.
  

Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages   
Russian and Belarusian Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
6   
3

How Many Consonants
17   
7
22   
12

Scripts
Latin   
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Ẹ n lẹ   
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)   

Thank You
e dupe   
Дякую (Dyakuyu)   

How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa   
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)   

Good Night
Kasun layọ o   
На добраніч (Na dobranič)   

Good Evening
ka a ale   
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)   

Good Afternoon
e kaasan   
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)   

Good Morning
e kaaro   
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)   

Please
Jowo   
будь ласк   

Sorry
binu   
вибачте (vybachte)   

Bye
bye   
до побачення (do pobachennya)   

I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ   
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)   

Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara   
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Itsekiri   
Podillian   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia   

How Many People Speak
500,000.00   
34
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Ede   
Volynian   

Where They Speak
Benin, Togo   
Rivne, Volyn   

How Many People Speak
800,000.00   
27
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi   
Steppe   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine   

How Many People Speak
10,000.00   
34
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
20   
18
15   
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million   
36
39.00 million   
32

Speaking Population
0.42 %   
32
0.46 %   
30

Native Speakers
28.00 million   
29
39.00 million   
25

Native Name
Yorùbá   
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)   

Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba   
Not Available   

French Name
yoruba   
ukrainien   

German Name
Yoruba-Sprache   
Ukrainisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]   

Ethnicity
Yoruba people   
Ukrainians   

History

Origin
4 BC   
1561   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Western Sudanic   
Slavic   

Branch
Kwa   
Eastern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian   

Standard Forms
Yorùbá   
Modern Ukrainian   

Language Position
49   
36
26   
22

Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language   
Ukrainian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
yo   
uk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
yor   
ukr   

ISO 639 2/B
yor   
ukr   

ISO 639 3
yor   
ukr   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
yoru1245   
ukra1253   

Linguasphere
No data available   
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq   

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

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Yoruba and Ukrainian Speaking population

Yoruba and Ukrainian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Yoruba and Ukrainian languages can be compared. The total count of Yoruba and Ukrainian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Ukrainian language is 0.46 %. 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 Ukrainian on Yoruba vs Ukrainian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Yoruba and Ukrainian Language Codes

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

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