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Yoruba vs Ukrainian


Ukrainian vs Yoruba


Countries

Countries
Benin, Nigeria   
Ukraine   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Nigeria   
Ukraine   

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   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia   

Regulated By
Yoruba Academy   
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian 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.
  
  • Ukrainian Language is second most widespread among the Slavic languages after the Russian Language.
  • Ukrainian Language is among the top three most melodious language in the world.
  

Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages   
Russian and Belarusian Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
6   
3

How Many Consonants
17   
7
22   
12

Scripts
Latin   
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Ẹ n lẹ   
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)   

Thank You
e dupe   
Дякую (Dyakuyu)   

How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa   
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)   

Good Night
Kasun layọ o   
На добраніч (Na dobranič)   

Good Evening
ka a ale   
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)   

Good Afternoon
e kaasan   
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)   

Good Morning
e kaaro   
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)   

Please
Jowo   
будь ласк   

Sorry
binu   
вибачте (vybachte)   

Bye
bye   
до побачення (do pobachennya)   

I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ   
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)   

Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara   
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Itsekiri   
Podillian   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia   

How Many People Speak
500,000.00   
34
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Ede   
Volynian   

Where They Speak
Benin, Togo   
Rivne, Volyn   

How Many People Speak
800,000.00   
27
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi   
Steppe   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine   

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
39.00 million   
32

Speaking Population
0.42 %   
32
0.46 %   
30

Native Speakers
28.00 million   
29
39.00 million   
25

Native Name
Yorùbá   
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)   

Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba   
Not Available   

French Name
yoruba   
ukrainien   

German Name
Yoruba-Sprache   
Ukrainisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]   

Ethnicity
Yoruba people   
Ukrainians   

History

Origin
4 BC   
1561   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Western Sudanic   
Slavic   

Branch
Kwa   
Eastern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian   

Standard Forms
Yorùbá   
Modern Ukrainian   

Language Position
49   
36
26   
22

Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language   
Ukrainian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
yo   
uk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
yor   
ukr   

ISO 639 2/B
yor   
ukr   

ISO 639 3
yor   
ukr   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
yoru1245   
ukra1253   

Linguasphere
No data available   
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq   

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 Ukrainian Language History

Comparison of Yoruba vs Ukrainian language history gives us differences between origin of Yoruba and Ukrainian language. History of Yoruba language states that this language originated in 4 BC whereas history of Ukrainian language states that this language originated in 1561. 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 Ukrainian Language History.

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

Yoruba vs Ukrainian Difficulty

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

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