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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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