Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
  
Benin, Nigeria
  
National Language
China, Guangdong
  
Nigeria
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Hawaii
  
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
  
Yoruba Academy
  
Interesting Facts
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
  
- 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.
  
Similar To
Chinese Language
  
Owo and Itsekiri languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
您好
  
Ẹ n lẹ
  
Thank You
谢谢
  
e dupe
  
How Are You?
你好吗?
  
Bawo ni o se wa
  
Good Night
晚安
  
Kasun layọ o
  
Good Evening
晚上好
  
ka a ale
  
Good Afternoon
下午好
  
e kaasan
  
Good Morning
早上好
  
e kaaro
  
Please
请
  
Jowo
  
Sorry
遗憾
  
binu
  
Bye
再见
  
bye
  
I Love You
我爱你
  
mo nifẹ rẹ
  
Excuse Me
原谅我
  
mo tọrọ gafara
  
Dialect 1
Guangzhou
  
Itsekiri
  
Where They Speak
outside mainland China
  
Nigeria
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Xiguan
  
Ede
  
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
  
Benin, Togo
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Hong Kong
  
Ulukwumi
  
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
  
Nigeria
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
30.00 million
  
36
Native Speakers
52.00 million
  
21
28.00 million
  
29
Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa
  
Yorùbá
  
Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
  
Yariba, Yooba
  
French Name
Not Available
  
yoruba
  
German Name
Not Available
  
Yoruba-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Yoruba people
  
Origin
17th century
  
4 BC
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Western Sudanic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Kwa
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese
  
Yorùbá
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Yoruba Sign Language
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
yo
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
Not Available
  
yor
  
ISO 639 2/B
Not Available
  
yor
  
ISO 639 3
No data available
  
yor
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
cant1236
  
yoru1245
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Analytic, Isolating
  
Cantonese and Yoruba 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 Cantonese and Yoruba greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Cantonese and Yoruba language. Cantonese word for "Hello" is 您好 or Yoruba word for "Thank You" is e dupe. Find more of such common Cantonese Greetings and Yoruba Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Cantonese vs Yoruba Difficulty
The Cantonese vs Yoruba difficulty level basically depends on the number of Cantonese Alphabets and Yoruba 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 Cantonese and Yoruba are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Cantonese and Yoruba, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Cantonese is 88 weeks while to learn Yoruba time required is 30 weeks.