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Yoruba vs Estonian


Estonian vs Yoruba


Countries

Countries
Benin, Nigeria  
Estonia, European Union  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Nigeria  
Estonia, Gambia  

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  
Denmark, Russia, Sweden  

Regulated By
Yoruba Academy  
Institute of the Estonian 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.
  
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  

Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages  
Finnish  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
9  
6

How Many Consonants
17  
7
18  
8

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
9
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Ẹ n lẹ  
Tere  

Thank You
e dupe  
aitäh  

How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa  
kuidas sul läheb  

Good Night
Kasun layọ o  
Head ööd  

Good Evening
ka a ale  
Tere õhtust  

Good Afternoon
e kaasan  
Tere päevast  

Good Morning
e kaaro  
Tere hommikust  

Please
Jowo  
Palun  

Sorry
binu  
Vabandust  

Bye
bye  
Head aega  

I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ  
ma armastan sind  

Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara  
Vabandage  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Itsekiri  
Keskmurre  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
34
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Ede  
Tartu  

Where They Speak
Benin, Togo  
Georgia, South Estonia  

How Many People Speak
800,000.00  
27
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi  
Idamurre  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.  

How Many People Speak
10,000.00  
34
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
8  
8

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.42 %  
32
Not Available  

Native Speakers
28.00 million  
29
0.95 million  
99+

Native Name
Yorùbá  
eesti keel  

Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba  
Eesti keel  

French Name
yoruba  
estonien  

German Name
Yoruba-Sprache  
Estnisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Yoruba people  
Estonians  

History

Origin
4 BC  
13th century  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Uralic Family  

Subgroup
Western Sudanic  
Finno-Ugric  

Branch
Kwa  
Finnic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Yorùbá  
Estonian  

Language Position
49  
36
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language  
Estonian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
yo  
et  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
yor  
est  

ISO 639 2/B
yor  
est  

ISO 639 3
yor  
est  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
yoru1245  
esto1258  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Agglutinative  

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Yoruba and Estonian Language History

Comparison of Yoruba vs Estonian language history gives us differences between origin of Yoruba and Estonian language. History of Yoruba language states that this language originated in 4 BC whereas history of Estonian language states that this language originated in 13th 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 Estonian Language History.

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

Yoruba vs Estonian Difficulty

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

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