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Countries

Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan  
Benin, Nigeria  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
2  
13

National Language
China, Taiwan  
Nigeria  

Second Language
Republic of Brazil  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia  
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council  
Yoruba Academy  

Interesting Facts
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  
  • 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
Not Available  
Owo and Itsekiri languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
24  
19
12  
9

How Many Consonants
23  
13
17  
7

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
30 weeks  
9

Greetings

Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)  
Ẹ n lẹ  

Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)  
e dupe  

How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)  
Bawo ni o se wa  

Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)  
Kasun layọ o  

Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)  
ka a ale  

Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)  
e kaasan  

Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)  
e kaaro  

Please
请 (Qǐng)  
Jowo  

Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)  
binu  

Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)  
bye  

I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)  
mo nifẹ rẹ  

Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)  
mo tọrọ gafara  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mandarin  
Itsekiri  

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00  
1
500,000.00  
34

Dialect 2
Wu  
Ede  

Where They Speak
China, United States of America  
Benin, Togo  

How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00  
1
800,000.00  
27

Dialect 3
Yue  
Ulukwumi  

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00  
2
10,000.00  
34

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
20  
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million  
2
30.00 million  
36

Speaking Population
16.00 %  
2
0.42 %  
32

Native Speakers
873.00 million  
1
28.00 million  
29

Second Language Speakers
178.00 million  
3
Not Available  

Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)  
Yorùbá  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Yariba, Yooba  

French Name
chinois  
yoruba  

German Name
Chinesisch  
Yoruba-Sprache  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Han  
Yoruba people  

History

Origin
1250 BC  
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 Chinese  
Yorùbá  

Language Position
1  
1
49  
36

Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))  
Yoruba Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
zh  
yo  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zho  
yor  

ISO 639 2/B
chi  
yor  

ISO 639 3
zho  
yor  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
sini1245  
yoru1245  

Linguasphere
79-AAA  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Analytic, Isolating  

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Chinese and Yoruba Language History

Comparison of Chinese vs Yoruba language history gives us differences between origin of Chinese and Yoruba language. History of Chinese language states that this language originated in 1250 BC whereas history of Yoruba language states that this language originated in 4 BC. 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 Chinese and Yoruba Language History.

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Chinese 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 Chinese and Yoruba greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Chinese and Yoruba language. Chinese word for "Hello" is 您好 (Nín hǎo) or Yoruba word for "Thank You" is e dupe. Find more of such common Chinese Greetings and Yoruba Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Chinese vs Yoruba Difficulty

The Chinese vs Yoruba difficulty level basically depends on the number of Chinese 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 Chinese and Yoruba are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Chinese and Yoruba, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Chinese is 88 weeks while to learn Yoruba time required is 30 weeks.

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