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Yoruba vs Armenian


Armenian vs 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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Yoruba and Armenian Language History

Comparison of Yoruba vs Armenian language history gives us differences between origin of Yoruba and Armenian language. History of Yoruba language states that this language originated in 4 BC whereas history of Armenian language states that this language originated in late 5th century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Yoruba and Armenian Language History.

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Yoruba and Armenian 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 Yoruba and Armenian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Yoruba and Armenian language. Yoruba word for "Hello" is Ẹ n lẹ or Armenian word for "Thank You" is Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun). Find more of such common Yoruba Greetings and Armenian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Yoruba vs Armenian Difficulty

The Yoruba vs Armenian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Yoruba Alphabets and Armenian 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 Yoruba and Armenian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Yoruba and Armenian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Yoruba is 30 weeks while to learn Armenian time required is 44 weeks.

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