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Yoruba vs Hebrew


Hebrew vs Yoruba


Countries

Countries
Benin, Nigeria   
Israel   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Nigeria   
Israel   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Israel   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Africa, Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America   
Poland   

Regulated By
Yoruba Academy   
Academy of the Hebrew 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 original language of Bible is Hebrew.
  • The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
  

Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages   
Arabic and Aramaic languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Aramaic Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
22   
4

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
0   

How Many Consonants
17   
7
22   
12

Scripts
Latin   
Hebrew   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Ẹ n lẹ   
שלום (Shalom)   

Thank You
e dupe   
תודה (Toda)   

How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa   
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)   

Good Night
Kasun layọ o   
לילה טוב (Laila tov)   

Good Evening
ka a ale   
ערב טוב (Erev tov)   

Good Afternoon
e kaasan   
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)   

Good Morning
e kaaro   
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)   

Please
Jowo   
בבקשה (bevekshah)   

Sorry
binu   
סליחה! (Slicha)   

Bye
bye   
להתראות (Lehitraot)   

I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ   
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)   

Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara   
בבקשה!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Itsekiri   
Ashkenazi Hebrew   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
Israel   

How Many People Speak
500,000.00   
34
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Ede   
Samaritan Hebrew   

Where They Speak
Benin, Togo   
Israel, Palestine   

How Many People Speak
800,000.00   
27
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi   
Yemenite Hebrew   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
Israel   

How Many People Speak
10,000.00   
34
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
20   
18
7   
7

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.42 %   
32
Not Available   

Native Speakers
28.00 million   
29
4.40 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
5.60 million   
27

Native Name
Yorùbá   
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)   

Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba   
Israeli, Ivrit   

French Name
yoruba   
hébreu   

German Name
Yoruba-Sprache   
Hebräisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]   

Ethnicity
Yoruba people   
Not Available   

History

Origin
4 BC   
1000 BC   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Western Sudanic   
Semitic   

Branch
Kwa   
Canaanitic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew   

Standard Forms
Yorùbá   
Modern Hebrew   

Language Position
49   
36
23   
19

Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language   
Signed Hebrew   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
yo   
he   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
yor   
heb   

ISO 639 2/B
yor   
heb   

ISO 639 3
yor   
heb   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
yoru1245   
hebr1246   

Linguasphere
No data available   
12-AAB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Yoruba and Hebrew Language History

Comparison of Yoruba vs Hebrew language history gives us differences between origin of Yoruba and Hebrew language. History of Yoruba language states that this language originated in 4 BC whereas history of Hebrew language states that this language originated in 1000 BC. 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 Hebrew Language History.

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

Yoruba vs Hebrew Difficulty

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

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