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Yoruba vs Cebuano


Cebuano vs Yoruba


Countries

Countries
Benin, Nigeria   
Philippines   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Nigeria   
Philippines   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Philippines   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia   

Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Yoruba Academy   
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters   

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.
  
  • About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
  • Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
  

Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages   
Hiligaynon Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Island of Cebu   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
5   
2

How Many Consonants
17   
7
16   
6

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
3 weeks   
1

Greetings

Hello
Ẹ n lẹ   
Hoy   

Thank You
e dupe   
Salamat   

How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa   
Kumusta man ka?   

Good Night
Kasun layọ o   
Maayong Gabii   

Good Evening
ka a ale   
Maayong Gabii   

Good Afternoon
e kaasan   
Maayong Hapon   

Good Morning
e kaaro   
Maayong Buntag   

Please
Jowo   
Palihug   

Sorry
binu   
Ikasubo ko   

Bye
bye   
Babay   

I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ   
Gihigugma ko ikaw   

Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara   
Ekskyus mi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Itsekiri   
Boholano   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
Bohol   

How Many People Speak
500,000.00   
34
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Ede   
Southern Kana   

Where They Speak
Benin, Togo   
southern Leyte   

How Many People Speak
800,000.00   
27
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi   
North Kana   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
northern part of Leyte   

How Many People Speak
10,000.00   
34
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
20   
18
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million   
36
Not Available   

Speaking Population
0.42 %   
32
0.32 %   
38

Native Speakers
28.00 million   
29
21.00 million   
36

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
14.50 million   
19

Native Name
Yorùbá   
Visayan   

Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba   
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan   

French Name
yoruba   
cebuano   

German Name
Yoruba-Sprache   
Cebuano   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Yoruba people   
Cebuano people   

History

Origin
4 BC   
16th century   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Western Sudanic   
Not Available   

Branch
Kwa   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Yorùbá   
Standard Cebuano   

Language Position
49   
36
62   
99+

Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
yo   
No data Available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
yor   
ceb   

ISO 639 2/B
yor   
ceb   

ISO 639 3
yor   
ceb   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
yoru1245   
cebu1242   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Not Available   

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Yoruba and Cebuano Language History

Comparison of Yoruba vs Cebuano language history gives us differences between origin of Yoruba and Cebuano language. History of Yoruba language states that this language originated in 4 BC whereas history of Cebuano language states that this language originated in 16th century. 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 Yoruba and Cebuano Language History.

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Yoruba and Cebuano 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 Yoruba and Cebuano greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Yoruba and Cebuano language. Yoruba word for "Hello" is Ẹ n lẹ or Cebuano word for "Thank You" is Salamat. Find more of such common Yoruba Greetings and Cebuano Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Yoruba vs Cebuano Difficulty

The Yoruba vs Cebuano difficulty level basically depends on the number of Yoruba Alphabets and Cebuano 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 Yoruba and Cebuano are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Yoruba and Cebuano, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Yoruba is 30 weeks while to learn Cebuano time required is 3 weeks.

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