Countries
Benin, Nigeria
  
Philippines
  
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 in
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Cebuano-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
Dialect 1
Itsekiri
  
Boholano
  
Where They Speak
Nigeria
  
Bohol
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Ede
  
Southern Kana
  
Where They Speak
Benin, Togo
  
southern Leyte
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Ulukwumi
  
North Kana
  
Where They Speak
Nigeria
  
northern part of Leyte
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million
  
36
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.