Countries
Benin, Nigeria
  
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
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 in
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Italian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
Dialect 1
Itsekiri
  
Romanesco
  
Where They Speak
Nigeria
  
Lazio
  
How Many People Speak
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
5,000,000.00
  
14
Dialect 3
Ulukwumi
  
Tuscan
  
Where They Speak
Nigeria
  
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million
  
36
78.00 million
  
21
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language
  
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.