Countries
West Java
  
Benin, Nigeria
  
National Language
Indonesia
  
Nigeria
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Yoruba Academy
  
Interesting Facts
- The Sundanese language is second most widely spoken regional language in Indonesia.
  
- 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
Madurese and Malay Languages
  
Owo and Itsekiri languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Sundanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Alphabets
Not Available
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin, Sundanese
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Halo
  
Ẹ n lẹ
  
Thank You
Nuhun
  
e dupe
  
How Are You?
Kumaha kabarna?
  
Bawo ni o se wa
  
Good Night
Wilujeng kulem
  
Kasun layọ o
  
Good Evening
Wilujeng wengi
  
ka a ale
  
Good Afternoon
Wilujeng siang
  
e kaasan
  
Good Morning
Wilujeng énjing
  
e kaaro
  
Please
Mangga
  
Jowo
  
Sorry
Hapunten
  
binu
  
Bye
Wilujeng angkat
  
bye
  
I Love You
Abdi bogoh ka anjeun
  
mo nifẹ rẹ
  
Excuse Me
Punten
  
mo tọrọ gafara
  
Dialect 1
Western dialect
  
Itsekiri
  
Where They Speak
Banten
  
Nigeria
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Northern dialect
  
Ede
  
Where They Speak
Bogor
  
Benin, Togo
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Priangan dialect
  
Ulukwumi
  
Where They Speak
Bandung
  
Nigeria
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
39.00 million
  
32
30.00 million
  
36
Native Speakers
38.00 million
  
26
28.00 million
  
29
Native Name
Not Available
  
Yorùbá
  
Alternative Names
Priangan, Sunda
  
Yariba, Yooba
  
French Name
soundanais
  
yoruba
  
German Name
Sundanesisch
  
Yoruba-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui
  
Yoruba people
  
Origin
5th century AD
  
4 BC
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Indonesian
  
Western Sudanic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Kwa
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Sundanese
  
Yorùbá
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Yoruba Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
su
  
yo
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sun
  
yor
  
ISO 639 2/B
sun
  
yor
  
ISO 639 3
sun
  
yor
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sund1251
  
yoru1245
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Analytic, Isolating
  
Sundanese 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 Sundanese and Yoruba greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Sundanese and Yoruba language. Sundanese word for "Hello" is Halo or Yoruba word for "Thank You" is e dupe. Find more of such common Sundanese Greetings and Yoruba Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Sundanese vs Yoruba Difficulty
The Sundanese vs Yoruba difficulty level basically depends on the number of Sundanese 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 Sundanese and Yoruba are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Sundanese and Yoruba, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Sundanese is Not Available while to learn Yoruba time required is 30 weeks.