Countries
Benin, Nigeria
  
European Union, Lithuania
  
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 in
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Lithuanian-Alpahbets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
Dialect 1
Itsekiri
  
Samogitian
  
Where They Speak
Nigeria
  
Lithuania
  
Dialect 2
Ede
  
Aukštaitian
  
Where They Speak
Benin, Togo
  
Lithuania
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Ulukwumi
  
Curonian
  
Where They Speak
Nigeria
  
Lithuania
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million
  
36
3.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language
  
Lithuanian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.