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Chinese and Yoruba


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
5  
10

National Language
Nigeria  
China, Taiwan  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

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

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

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages  
Not Available  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
24  
19

How Many Consonants
17  
7
23  
13

Scripts
Latin  
Chinese Characters and derivatives  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
9
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Ẹ n lẹ  
您好 (Nín hǎo)  

Thank You
e dupe  
谢谢 (Xièxiè)  

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

Good Night
Kasun layọ o  
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)  

Good Evening
ka a ale  
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)  

Good Afternoon
e kaasan  
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)  

Good Morning
e kaaro  
早安 (Zǎo ān)  

Please
Jowo  
请 (Qǐng)  

Sorry
binu  
遗憾 (Yíhàn)  

Bye
bye  
再见 (Zàijiàn)  

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

Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara  
劳驾 (Láojià)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Itsekiri  
Mandarin  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan  

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

Dialect 2
Ede  
Wu  

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

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

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi  
Yue  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
10  
10

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.42 %  
32
16.00 %  
2

Native Speakers
28.00 million  
29
873.00 million  
1

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
178.00 million  
3

Native Name
Yorùbá  
中文 (zhōngwén)  

Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba  
Not Available  

French Name
yoruba  
chinois  

German Name
Yoruba-Sprache  
Chinesisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Yoruba people  
Han  

History

Origin
4 BC  
1250 BC  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Western Sudanic  
Not Available  

Branch
Kwa  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Yorùbá  
Standard Chinese  

Language Position
49  
36
1  
1

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

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
yo  
zh  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
yor  
zho  

ISO 639 2/B
yor  
chi  

ISO 639 3
yor  
zho  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
yoru1245  
sini1245  

Linguasphere
No data available  
79-AAA  

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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All Yoruba and Chinese 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 Yoruba and Chinese dialects. Various dialects of Yoruba and Chinese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Yoruba are spoken in different Yoruba Speaking Countries whereas Chinese Dialects are spoken in different Chinese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Yoruba vs Chinese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Yoruba dialects include: Itsekiri, Ede. Chinese dialects include: Mandarin , Wu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Yoruba and Chinese Speaking population

Yoruba and Chinese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Yoruba and Chinese languages can be compared. The total count of Yoruba and Chinese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 %. 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 Yoruba and Chinese on Yoruba vs Chinese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Yoruba and Chinese Language Codes

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

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