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Yoruba vs Italian


Italian vs Yoruba


Countries

Countries
Benin, Nigeria   
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
7   
8

National Language
Nigeria   
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Europe   

Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America   
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia   

Regulated By
Yoruba Academy   
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)   

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.
  
  • One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  

Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages   
French and Portuguese Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
5   
2

How Many Consonants
17   
7
16   
6

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Ẹ n lẹ   
ciao   

Thank You
e dupe   
grazie   

How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa   
Come stai?   

Good Night
Kasun layọ o   
buonanotte   

Good Evening
ka a ale   
buonasera   

Good Afternoon
e kaasan   
buon pomeriggio   

Good Morning
e kaaro   
buongiorno   

Please
Jowo   
Per Favore   

Sorry
binu   
scusate   

Bye
bye   
arrivederci   

I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ   
Ti amo   

Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara   
Scusami   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Itsekiri   
Romanesco   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
Lazio   

How Many People Speak
500,000.00   
34
3,000,000.00   
21

Dialect 2
Ede   
Central Italian   

Where They Speak
Benin, Togo   
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria   

How Many People Speak
800,000.00   
27
5,000,000.00   
14

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi   
Tuscan   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria   

How Many People Speak
10,000.00   
34
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
20   
18
15   
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million   
36
78.00 million   
21

Speaking Population
0.42 %   
32
0.90 %   
22

Native Speakers
28.00 million   
29
64.00 million   
18

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
14.00 million   
20

Native Name
Yorùbá   
Italiano   

Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba   
Italiano   

French Name
yoruba   
italien   

German Name
Yoruba-Sprache   
Italienisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[itaˈljaːno]   

Ethnicity
Yoruba people   
Italians   

History

Origin
4 BC   
960 BC   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Western Sudanic   
Romance   

Branch
Kwa   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Yorùbá   
Italian   

Language Position
49   
36
27   
23

Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language   
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
yo   
it   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
yor   
ita   

ISO 639 2/B
yor   
ita   

ISO 639 3
yor   
ita   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
itas   

Glottocode
yoru1245   
ital1282   

Linguasphere
No data available   
51-AAA-q   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Yoruba and Italian Language History

Comparison of Yoruba vs Italian language history gives us differences between origin of Yoruba and Italian language. History of Yoruba language states that this language originated in 4 BC whereas history of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 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 Italian Language History.

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

Yoruba vs Italian Difficulty

The Yoruba vs Italian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Yoruba Alphabets and Italian 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 Italian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Yoruba and Italian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Yoruba is 30 weeks while to learn Italian time required is 24 weeks.

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