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Yoruba vs Lithuanian


Lithuanian vs Yoruba


Countries

Countries
Benin, Nigeria   
European Union, Lithuania   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Nigeria   
Lithuania   

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   
Poland   

Regulated By
Yoruba Academy   
Commission of the Lithuanian 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.
  
  • Lithuanian has many loanwords that originate from Slavic, Germanic and other Baltic languages.
  • "Catheciusmus" is the oldest known book in Lithuanian language in 1547.
  

Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages   
Latvian   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200   
Lithuanian-Alpahbets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
29   
11
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
12   
9

How Many Consonants
17   
7
20   
10

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
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Ẹ n lẹ   
Sveiki   

Thank You
e dupe   
Ačiū   

How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa   
Kaip sekasi?   

Good Night
Kasun layọ o   
Labanakt   

Good Evening
ka a ale   
Labas vakaras   

Good Afternoon
e kaasan   
Laba diena   

Good Morning
e kaaro   
Labas rytas   

Please
Jowo   
Prašom   

Sorry
binu   
atsiprašau   

Bye
bye   
Ate   

I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ   
Aš myliu tave   

Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara   
Atsiprašau   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Itsekiri   
Samogitian   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
Lithuania   

How Many People Speak
500,000.00   
34
500,000.00   
34

Dialect 2
Ede   
Aukštaitian   

Where They Speak
Benin, Togo   
Lithuania   

How Many People Speak
800,000.00   
27
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi   
Curonian   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
Lithuania   

How Many People Speak
10,000.00   
34
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
20   
18
10   
10

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.42 %   
32
Not Available   

Native Speakers
28.00 million   
29
3.00 million   
99+

Native Name
Yorùbá   
lietuvių kalba   

Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba   
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy   

French Name
yoruba   
lituanien   

German Name
Yoruba-Sprache   
Litauisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Yoruba people   
Lithuanians   

History

Origin
4 BC   
c. 1503   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Western Sudanic   
Not Available   

Branch
Kwa   
Baltic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Yorùbá   
Lithuanian   

Language Position
49   
36
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language   
Lithuanian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
yo   
lt   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
yor   
lit   

ISO 639 2/B
yor   
lit   

ISO 639 3
yor   
lit   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
yoru1245   
lith1251   

Linguasphere
No data available   
54-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Synthetic   

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Yoruba and Lithuanian Language History

Comparison of Yoruba vs Lithuanian language history gives us differences between origin of Yoruba and Lithuanian language. History of Yoruba language states that this language originated in 4 BC whereas history of Lithuanian language states that this language originated in c. 1503. 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 Lithuanian Language History.

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

Yoruba vs Lithuanian Difficulty

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

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