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Yoruba vs Swedish


Swedish vs Yoruba


Countries

Countries
Benin, Nigeria   
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
4   
11

National Language
Nigeria   
Sweden   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Finland   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Antartica, Europe   

Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America   
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Regulated By
Yoruba Academy   
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council   

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.
  
  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  

Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages   
Norwegian and Danish Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Old Norse Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200   
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
29   
11
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
9   
6

How Many Consonants
17   
7
18   
8

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   
hej   

Thank You
e dupe   
tacka dig   

How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa   
hur mår du   

Good Night
Kasun layọ o   
godnatt   

Good Evening
ka a ale   
god kväll   

Good Afternoon
e kaasan   
god eftermiddag   

Good Morning
e kaaro   
god morgon   

Please
Jowo   
vänligen   

Sorry
binu   
ledsen   

Bye
bye   
hej då   

I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ   
jag älskar dig   

Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara   
ursäkta mig   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Itsekiri   
Dialects   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
Gabon   

How Many People Speak
500,000.00   
34
78,000,000.00   
6

Dialect 2
Ede   
Dialects   

Where They Speak
Benin, Togo   
Georgia   

How Many People Speak
800,000.00   
27
78,000,000.00   
2

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi   
Dialects   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
France   

How Many People Speak
10,000.00   
34
96,000,000.00   
1

Total No. Of Dialects
20   
18
79   
33

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.42 %   
32
0.13 %   
99+

Native Speakers
28.00 million   
29
8.70 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
5.00 million   
29

Native Name
Yorùbá   
Svenska   

Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba   
Ruotsi, Svenska   

French Name
yoruba   
suédois   

German Name
Yoruba-Sprache   
Schwedisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]   

Ethnicity
Yoruba people   
Swedes, Finland Swedes   

History

Origin
4 BC   
13th Century   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Western Sudanic   
Germanic   

Branch
Kwa   
Northern (Scandinavian)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Swedish   

Standard Forms
Yorùbá   
Standard Swedish   

Language Position
49   
36
89   
99+

Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language   
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
yo   
sv   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
yor   
swe   

ISO 639 2/B
yor   
swe   

ISO 639 3
yor   
swe   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
yoru1245   
swed1254   

Linguasphere
No data available   
52-AAA-ck to -cw   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Not Available   

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Yoruba and Swedish Language History

Comparison of Yoruba vs Swedish language history gives us differences between origin of Yoruba and Swedish language. History of Yoruba language states that this language originated in 4 BC whereas history of Swedish language states that this language originated in 13th Century. 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 Swedish Language History.

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

Yoruba vs Swedish Difficulty

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

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