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Japanese and Yoruba


Yoruba and Japanese


Countries

Countries
Japan   
Benin, Nigeria   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Japan   
Nigeria   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific   
Africa   

Minority Language
Palau   
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education   
Yoruba Academy   

Interesting Facts
  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
  • 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
Korean Language   
Owo and Itsekiri languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
99   
40
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
12   
9

How Many Consonants
14   
4
17   
7

Scripts
Kana   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)   
Ẹ n lẹ   

Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)   
e dupe   

How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)   
Bawo ni o se wa   

Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)   
Kasun layọ o   

Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)   
ka a ale   

Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)   
e kaasan   

Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)   
e kaaro   

Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)   
Jowo   

Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)   
binu   

Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)   
bye   

I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)   
mo nifẹ rẹ   

Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)   
mo tọrọ gafara   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sanuki   
Itsekiri   

Where They Speak
Kagawa   
Nigeria   

How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00   
28
500,000.00   
34

Dialect 2
Hakata   
Ede   

Where They Speak
Fukuoka   
Benin, Togo   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
800,000.00   
27

Dialect 3
Kansai   
Ulukwumi   

Where They Speak
kansai   
Nigeria   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
10,000.00   
34

Total No. Of Dialects
31   
25
20   
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
128.00 million   
14
30.00 million   
36

Speaking Population
1.90 %   
10
0.42 %   
32

Native Speakers
128.00 million   
9
28.00 million   
29

Native Name
日本語   
Yorùbá   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Yariba, Yooba   

French Name
japonais   
yoruba   

German Name
Japanisch   
Yoruba-Sprache   

Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)   
Yoruba people   

History

Origin
1185   
4 BC   

Language Family
Japonic Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Western Sudanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Kwa   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Japanese   
Yorùbá   

Language Position
8   
8
49   
36

Signed Forms
Signed Japanese   
Yoruba Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ja   
yo   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jpn   
yor   

ISO 639 2/B
jpn   
yor   

ISO 639 3
jpn   
yor   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1643   
yoru1245   

Linguasphere
45-CAA-a   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic   
Analytic, Isolating   

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All Japanese and Yoruba Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Japanese and Yoruba dialects. Various dialects of Japanese and Yoruba language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Japanese are spoken in different Japanese Speaking Countries whereas Yoruba Dialects are spoken in different Yoruba speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Japanese vs Yoruba Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Japanese dialects include: Sanuki, Hakata. Yoruba dialects include: Itsekiri , Ede. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Japanese and Yoruba Speaking population

Japanese and Yoruba speaking population is one of the factors based on which Japanese and Yoruba languages can be compared. The total count of Japanese and Yoruba Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Japanese and Yoruba on Japanese vs Yoruba where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Japanese and Yoruba Language Codes

Japanese and Yoruba language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Japanese and Yoruba Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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