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
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Latin
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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)
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
Where They Speak
Benin, Togo
Italy
Dialect 3
Ulukwumi
Mariupol
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Ukraine
How Many People Speak
Not Available
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
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Western Sudanic
Hellenic
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 6
Not Available
ells
Glottocode
yoru1245
gree1276
Linguasphere
No data available
56-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Fusional, Synthetic
Yoruba and Greek 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 Greek greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Yoruba and Greek language. Yoruba word for "Hello" is Ẹ n lẹ or Greek word for "Thank You" is ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱). Find more of such common Yoruba Greetings and Greek Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Yoruba vs Greek Difficulty
The Yoruba vs Greek difficulty level basically depends on the number of Yoruba Alphabets and Greek 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 Greek are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Yoruba and Greek, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Yoruba is 30 weeks while to learn Greek time required is 44 weeks.