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Japanese vs Yoruba


Yoruba vs 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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Japanese and Yoruba Language History

Comparison of Japanese vs Yoruba language history gives us differences between origin of Japanese and Yoruba language. History of Japanese language states that this language originated in 1185 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 Japanese and Yoruba Language History.

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Japanese 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 Japanese and Yoruba greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Japanese and Yoruba language. Japanese word for "Hello" is こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa) or Yoruba word for "Thank You" is e dupe. Find more of such common Japanese Greetings and Yoruba Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Japanese vs Yoruba Difficulty

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

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