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Yoruba vs Bulgarian


Bulgarian vs Yoruba


Countries

Countries
Benin, Nigeria  
Bulgaria, European Union  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Nigeria  
Bulgaria  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Africa, Europe  

Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Yoruba Academy  
Institute for the Bulgarian 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.
  
  • The only Slavic language which has lost all its grammatical cases is Bulgarian.
  • The first Slavic language to be written was Bulgarian in 9th century.
  

Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages  
Macedonian language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
6  
3

How Many Consonants
17  
7
36  
26

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
9
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Ẹ n lẹ  
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)  

Thank You
e dupe  
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)  

How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa  
Как си? (Kak si?)  

Good Night
Kasun layọ o  
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)  

Good Evening
ka a ale  
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)  

Good Afternoon
e kaasan  
Добър ден (Dobãr den)  

Good Morning
e kaaro  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)  

Please
Jowo  
Моля (Molja)  

Sorry
binu  
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)  

Bye
bye  
Довиждане (Doviždane)  

I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ  
Обичам те (Običam te)  

Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Itsekiri  
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Bulgaria  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
34
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Ede  
Panagyurishte  

Where They Speak
Benin, Togo  
Bulgaria  

How Many People Speak
800,000.00  
27
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi  
Pirdop  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Bulgaria  

How Many People Speak
10,000.00  
34
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
58  
32

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.42 %  
32
Not Available  

Native Speakers
28.00 million  
29
7.80 million  
99+

Native Name
Yorùbá  
български (bãlgarski)  

Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba  
Balgarski  

French Name
yoruba  
bulgare  

German Name
Yoruba-Sprache  
Bulgarisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Yoruba people  
Not Available  

History

Origin
4 BC  
9th Century  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Western Sudanic  
Slavic  

Branch
Kwa  
Southern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian  

Standard Forms
Yorùbá  
Standard Bulgarian  

Language Position
49  
36
88  
99+

Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language  
Bulgarian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
yo  
bg  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
yor  
bul  

ISO 639 2/B
yor  
bul  

ISO 639 3
yor  
bul  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
buls  

Glottocode
yoru1245  
bulg1262  

Linguasphere
No data available  
53-AAA-hb  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Not Available  

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Yoruba and Bulgarian Language History

Comparison of Yoruba vs Bulgarian language history gives us differences between origin of Yoruba and Bulgarian language. History of Yoruba language states that this language originated in 4 BC whereas history of Bulgarian language states that this language originated in 9th 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 Bulgarian Language History.

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

Yoruba vs Bulgarian Difficulty

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

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